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• 115- The 11th Annual LA Comic Con Wraps Up
By Gary Sunkin, TVI Magazine
LOS ANGELES --12/06/ 2022 -- Los Angeles Comic Con, L.A.'s largest event for comics, gaming, sci-fi, and pop culture, closed the curtain on its largest event ever this past weekend, welcoming 126,600 attendees, a spectacular list of celebrity talent, and 850+ vendors and artists that spanned 1.2 million square feet of immersive exhibition space in and around the West and South Halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center. The fan-favorite event, which took place Dec. 2nd - 4th, opened the doors of its main entrance each day to thousands of eager fans, poised in the South Hall Lobby awaiting the green light to step foot on the showroom floor.
•••• Featuring the most diverse lineup of activations, panels, and star speakers in the organization's rich 11-year history, this weekend's event offered a pop cultural wonderland of interactive experiences, panel discussions, autograph signings, photo ops, dance performances, cosplay contests, sponsor activations, anime and gaming activities (and more) to the guests who populated the annual event in their energetic and costumed best. Continuing to build on their legacy of being an event By Fans, For Fans, the 2022 event touched on more facets of pop culture and entertainment than ever before -- with 850+ artists and vendors selling fan-favorite comics, collectibles, art, toys, apparel, and beyond.
•••• This year's dramatic expansion of gaming and anime activations throughout the West Hall, along with the much-anticipated re-introduction of its infamous afterparty, allowed L.A. Comic Con 2022 to set an attendance record eclipsing 2019's 123,400 attendees prior to the pandemic.
••• Final attendance of 126,600 guests represents a 33% increase from 2021 (impacted by mandated COVID-19 regulations and restrictions), and a 2.6% increase from 2019's pre-pandemic record.
••• Additionally, together with Tiltify, the presenting sponsor of the Main Stage, LA Comic Con helped raise money and awareness for the World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that's first to provide chef-prepared fresh meals at the frontlines in response to community crises.
•••• "It is always such a delight and privilege for us to welcome the world's best fans back to L.A. Comic Con," said Chris DeMoulin, CEO at Comikaze Entertainment, L.A. Comic Con's parent company. "We work hard to bring the city of LA the pop culture festival it DESERVES as the dynamic entertainment capital of the world. Seeing so many costumed and enthusiastic fans line up at the entry each day and jump into action the moment the doors open is exactly the kind of energy that drives us to continue creating such immersive experiences for fans, talent, and vendors alike."

Main Stage Panel & Programming Highlights:

Jimmy Neutron 20th Anniversary & Live Script Reading
•••• It's rare that you'll find an 80s or 90s kid who has never seen Jimmy Neutron. Jimmy's determined nature made him an interesting character for teens and children alike. The cast of Jimmy Neutron, including Candi Milo, Carolyn Lawrence, Debi Derryberry, Jeff Garcia, Mark DeCarlo, and Megan Cavanagh, took the Main Stage on Saturday (Dec. 3rd) to perform a live script reading in celebration of the show's 20th anniversary! 

Tom Kenny, Voice of SpongeBob SquarePants
•••• The infamous voice of one of the world's most beloved cartoon characters joined con-goers on the Main Stage Saturday (Dec. 3rd) to answer questions and talk about the show. He shared his thoughts on why he thinks SpongeBob is so successful in a lively panel discussion.

Spotlight on Simu Liu
•••• Simu Liu, star of Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, made his LA Comic Con debut on Saturday (Dec. 3rd) when he joined fans on the Main Stage to answer questions from the audience and talk about what it was like to be part of Marvel Universe. Liu, who also starred in Kim's Convenience, had the chance to connect with fans directly in his autograph and photo op session, also.

Lord of The Rings
•••• Sean Astin and Elijah Wood brought Middle Earth to the Main Stage on Saturday (Dec. 3rd) to discuss what happened behind the scenes to make Peter Jackson's blockbuster Lord of the Rings film trilogy come to life.

The Boys
•••• Your favorite group of vigilantes from The Boys, Karen Fukuhara ("Kimiko"), Laz Alonso ("Mother's Milk"), and Tomer Capone ("Frenchie") were in attendance on Saturday and Sunday to sign autographs, take photos with fans, and take the Main Stage for a panel discussion

Spotlight on William Shatner
•••• Star Trek legend and Hollywood icon William Shatner took to the Main Stage Sunday (Dec. 4th) morning to answer questions from the audience.

The Mandalorian
•••• The Mandalorian took Disney+ by storm and has become tremendously popular during its first two seasons. This Star Wars prequel story, set in the years after the fall of the Galactic Empire, tells the tale of a member of the race of bounty hunters that spawned Boba Fett. Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand) and Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon) took questions from the audience and regaled convention goers with tales from one of the most innovative production sets ever built.

The Sandlot
•••• Cast members from the classic 1993 baseball film, The Sandlot, came together for a Main Stage panel on Sunday (Dec. 4th) that looked back at the film's impact on American pop culture over the last three decades, ahead of the film's upcoming 30th anniversary next April. They shared nostalgic stories and behind-the-scenes moments with surprise guest moderator Shaun Weiss and revealed exciting details behind the development of their new non-profit organization, Play Forever, and its mission to eliminate cultural barriers and equip young athletes with the support they need to play forever.

The Umbrella Academy
•••• The Umbrella Academy hit the Main Stage on Saturday (Dec. 3rd). Co-executive producers Jason Neese and Jamie Neese alongside Cameron Britton and Jordan Claire Robbins for an epic conversation about the award-winning Netflix Show.

Spotlight on Wil Wheaton
•••• Wil Wheaton, best known for his roles in Stand By Me, Star Trek: Next Generation, Leverage, and occasional appearances in The Big Bang Theory, hosted a Main Stage panel. He also had the chance to connect with fans directly in his autograph and photo op session. 

LA Comic Con 2021 Sponsors included:

Tiltify
•••• The presenting sponsor of the Main Stage, Tiltify is a fundraising platform for the digital generation that provides live, interactive technology to engage and inspire communities of people to donate or fundraise for important causes the world over. This year, L.A. Comic Con partnered with Tiltify to raise money and awareness for World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises.

Hot Topic
•••• Hot Topic offers band-related apparel and accessories, licensed merchandise, and fashion apparel and accessories, which you can find at more than 600 stores and online. After revealing a limited-edition glow-in-the-dark t-shirt in honor of the Nightmare Before Christmas' 30th anniversary, the brand made the shirts available for purchase at the Hot Topic booth over the weekend.

Lids
•••• Presenting sponsor of the mobile app and a new award in the National Cosplay Competition, "Best Headgear."

Savage Paradise
•••• Exhibiting for the first time at L.A. Comic Con, with an all new set of digital collectibles and free to play online game.

Los Angeles Public Library
•••• Presenting sponsor of the Kids Cosplay Contest.

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• The Hollywood Christmas Parade to air Dec. 16
The Parade will be broadcast Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/PT on National Prime Time Television on The CW Network and American Forces Network among others.
•••• The CW has broadcast the parade nationally since 2015, via local Los Angeles station KTLA, which has broadcast the parade on and off since 1978.

• 101- The traditional Hollywood Christmas parade is just around the corner By Gary Sunkin
•••• 2022 marks the historic 90th Anniversary of the Hollywood Christmas Parade, an American tradition. This year's celebration was held on Sunday, November 27, 2022 from 6:00 -- 8:00 p.m.

Betty Boop Balloon

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Photo by Gary Sunkin (Television Int'l Magazine)
L/R: Dean Cain, Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Danny Trejo

••• Led by Grand Marshal Danny Trejo, the prolific Actor, Author and Restaurateur, the live parade was presented by Associated Television International in association with The City of Los Angeles, hosted by Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams, with Special Co-Host Elizabeth Stanton, Host of Season Three of The CW's hit television show, World's Funniest Animals.

••• Since 1928 the live Hollywood Christmas Parade has been a loved and cherished annual holiday tradition enjoyed by Angelenos, as well as by millions watching the televised airings of the parade nationally on The CW Network and internationally on Armed Forces Network around the world.  The only exceptions were during World War II from 1942 to 1944 when the parade wasn't presented, and, of course, last year in 2020, when the parade wasn't presented due the COVID 19 global pandemic.  The parade was then presented live again in 2021, and returns this year to celebrate its historic 90th Anniversary live in the streets of Hollywood, CA!

Grand Marshals who have appeared in The Hollywood Christmas Parade during the last 90 years include:  Jeanette Loft, Joe E. Brown, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Joan Leslie, Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, Harry Sherman. Irene Rich, Bob Hope, Art Linklater, Lawrence Welk, Charlton Heston, Dale Evans and Roy Rogers, Danny Thomas, Mary Pickford, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Vaughn, Pat Boone, Fred McMurray, Buddy Ebsen, Walter Matthau, Ernest Borgnine, Johnny Mathis, General Robert E. Cushman, Jr., John Wayne, General Omar Bradley, James Stewart, Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood, Ron Howard, George Peppard, Michael Landon, William Shatner, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Tony Danza, Sammy Davis, Jr., Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Arnold and Roseanne Barr, Bob and Delores Hope, Louis Gossett, Jr., David Hasselhoff, Robert Urich, Beau Bridges, Dennis Hopper and Frankie Muñiz, Peter Fonda, Mickey Rooney, Johnny Grant, Magic Johnson, Antonio Villaraigosa, George López, Bob Barker, Joy and Regis Philbin, Susan Lucci, Larry King, Marie Osmond, Joe Mantegna, Buzz Aldrin, Stevie Wonder, Penn & Teller, Olivia Newton-John, Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, Nancy O'Dell, Mario Lopez and Sheryl Underwood.

•••• The Hollywood Christmas Parade was originally called the Santa Claus Lane Parade.  When the American performer Gene Autry, who was known as The Singing Cowboy, was riding on his horse down Hollywood Boulevard in the 1946 Santa Claus Lane Parade, he heard young parade spectators in the crowd exclaim, "Here comes Santa Claus!"  This incident became the inspiration for Autry to compose the traditional perennial Christmas holiday song, "Here Come's Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)," which he co-wrote with Oakley Haldeman in 1949.  Autry first recorded the song in 1947.  The song was released as a single by Columbia Records, and became a #5 country and #9 pop hit at the time. 

•••• Gene Autry is the only celebrity to have five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one in each of the five categories, Motion Pictures, Radio, Recording, Television and Live Theater.  Today the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard at Highland Avenue, part of the Hollywood Christmas Parade route, is named Gene Autry Square.

•••• The 2022 holiday season marks the 75th anniversary of the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program in a special Nationwide celebration of this significant milestone.
•••• For over seven decades, the Program has evolved and grown exponentially having delivered hope and the magic of Christmas to over 281 million less fortunate children. Now, in its 75th year, the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program also provides year-round support to families experiencing challenges and exceptional circumstances, thus helping to fulfill the hopes and dreams of millions of families and children in need across our great Nation.
••• This anniversary year will provide opportunities to highlight the Marine Corps Reserve and the Toys for Tots Program on a National level with opportunities to share our rich history, heritage, and the tremendous community support we receive each and every year. We are proud to have this occasion commemorated by famous American Pop Artist Charles Fazzino. The net proceeds from the sales of his official anniversary poster will go directly towards our mission.

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• 108-Mark Burnett exits MGM as Amazon reorganizes integration of MGM into its own studio operations
LOS ANGELES - 11/29/22 - TVIMagazine
••••It was announced Monday that reality television producer Mark Burnett, who served as MGM's television president for eight years, resigned from his top leadership role amid Amazon's efforts to integrate MGM into its own studio operations.
•••• Burnett is best known for introducing unscripted scripts "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" with Donald Trump to U.S. audiences. In recent years, he has served as chairman of MGM's worldwide television group, overseeing a slate of original programs including NBC's "The Voice," CBS's "Survivor," ABC's " "Shark Tank" and "The Handmaid's Tale."
•••• The move comes eight months after Amazon purchased MGM for $8.5 billion, a key component of the e-commerce giant's efforts to bulk up its content library for Amazon Prime Video subscribers. As a significant equity holder in MGM, Burnett profited handsomely from the Amazon deal. In the nine years since he first sold his One Three Media production banner to MGM, Burnett has reaped an estimated $900 million.
•••• Mike Hopkins, Amazon's senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios, and Burnett jointly announced that Burnett was departing the company "to resume his work as an independent creator and to pursue new ventures as a producer.
•••• Burnett's contract was set to expire by year's end. On Monday, Hopkins told Amazon's staff that "Mark's stepping aside of course raises both opportunities and questions about how we'll be organized moving forward. "
•••• "After months of collaborative transition efforts, we have thoughtfully re- organized our teams so that they all have the opportunity to prosper under the leadership of Mike Hopkins, Jennifer Salke and Christopher Brearton. In these days of media layoffs I am proud to say that everyone in the TV division has been offered a way to continue to contribute. No one was left behind," he wrote. 
•••• Burnett, a Briton who got his start in Los Angeles more than 25 years ago hawking T-shirts on the Venice Beach boardwalk, scored with his first major show, "Survivor," launched on CBS. But his career achieved even greater heights after "The Apprentice" premiered on NBC in 2004. Ratings soared, and Trump became a nationwide sensation with his signature line: "You're fired."
•••• Burnett's tenure at MGM had been stormy at times, including clashes with other executives. And in the fall of 2016, MGM faced calls to release outtakes from the filming of "The Apprentice" so that voters could get a view of Trump's unvarnished behavior. The studio refused.
•••• On Monday, Burnett sent a lengthy email to the staff, lauding their contributions to MGM's recent television success. He noted that he had sold the majority stake in his companies to MGM in 2014 when he came aboard as the studio's television president. He added that he later "sold the rest of my companies for MGM stock and became Chairman of MGM Global Television because I believed in the value of MGM."
•••• In 2015, MGM took full control of United Artists Media Group, which was a joint venture of MGM, Burnett, his wife, Roma Downey, and media giant Hearst, for $234 million. Burnett and Downey received $120 million for their 23% stake. The deal boosted MGM's television properties.Amazon closes $8.5-billion purchase of MGM, giving it broader sway in Hollywood 
•••• Burnett's departure was expected. Other MGM executives, including Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, who had served as th
•••• "After months of collaborative transition efforts, we have thoughtfully re-organized our teams so that they all have the opportunity to prosper under the leadership of Mike Hopkins, Jennifer Salke and Christopher Brearton," Burnett added.
•••• "As I step away from day to day management and back into independently creating and innovating, I will continue to oversee my legacy series and be available to all of you and to Amazon for guidance and support," Burnett wrote.
•••• Burnett helped rebuild MGM's television operation with his own productions, including the series "The Bible," which he co-produced with Downey for the History Channel.
•••• "I wanted to follow up by thanking him for his countless contributions to our success and, on a personal level, for his partnership and counsel throughout the integration," Hopkins wrote in his memo. "I know you'll all agree that he is one of the most innovative, creative, and prolific television producers in our industry, and we have been extraordinarily fortunate to have him on our team."
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• 114- Jiang Zemin, former President of the Peoples Republic of China, died in Shanghai
BEIJING, Nov 30 -- Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96,
••••Numerous users of China's Twitter-like Weibo platform described the death of Jiang, who remained influential after finally retiring in 2004, as the end of an era.
•••• Jiang died in his home city of Shanghai of leukaemia and multiple organ failure, Xinhua news agency said, publishing a letter to the Chinese people by the ruling Communist Party, parliament, Cabinet and the military.
•••• "Comrade Jiang Zemin's death is an incalculable loss to our Party and our military and our people of all ethnic groups," the letter read, saying its announcement was with "profound grief".
•••• Jiang's death comes at a tumultuous time in China, where authorities are grappling with rare widespread street protests
•••• The zero-COVID policy is a hallmark of President Xi Jinping, who recently secured a third leadership term that cements his place as China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong and has taken China in an increasingly authoritarian direction since replacing Jiang's immediate successor, Hu Jintao.
•••• China is also in the midst of a sharp economic slowdown exacerbated by zero-COVID.
•••• Even though Jiang put down student protests in Shanghai that were part of the wave of pro-democracy demonstrations that culminated in the bloody crackdown at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, some Chinese expressed nostalgia for the more liberal times he oversaw.
••• The death of a member of the ruling party's elite has traditionally been a highly sensitive event, one that has even sparked deadly demonstrations, as in 1989 with the passing of reformer Hu Yaobang. But Jiang's death is not nearly as politically delicate as his two predecessors'-- Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping -- a reality that reflects both the relative stability of China today and the mixed legacy Jiang leaves behind.
•••• Still, Jiang continued to exert some power behind the scenes until his final years. President Xi Jinping was a protege of Jiang's, and the strong presence of Jiang allies on the Politburo Standing Committee helped Xi to pursue a tough anti-corruption drive and quickly consolidate power after rising to the party's top post in 2013.
•••• Jiang's tenure included the return of Hong Kong and Macao to Chinese sovereignty from British and Portuguese control, respectively.
•••• When it came time to hand over the party reins to Hu Jintao in 2002, Jiang had the distinction of being the first communist Chinese leader to bow out in an orderly transfer of power.
•••• Born Aug. 17, 1926, in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, Jiang was a graduate of an American missionary school. He could recite the Gettysburg Address by heart and often did so during interviews. He wrote poetry and played the piano on national television.
•••• Jiang is survived by his wife, Wang Yeping; two sons, Jiang Mianheng and Jiang Miankang; and a grandson, Jiang Zhicheng, also known as Alvin Jiang.

•••• As a note, Troy Cory, iPublisher of Television Int'l Magazine (tvimagazine.com) performed at The Shanghai TV Festival where he met Jiang Zemin when Jiang was mayor of Shanghai. Many more meetings took place at future TV Festivals in Shanghai, concerts in Beijing, as well as at a reception at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills and Pasadena in 1997.

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 • 115- L.A. Comic Con 2022 to Welcome More Than 140K Fans
By Gary Sunkin, TVI Magazine
Including Star-Studded A-List Talent, 800+ Artists & Vendors and more, on Friday December 2 to Sunday December 4, 2022 at the Los Angeles Convention Center
•••• Expecting the Most Diverse Lineup of Activations and Celebrities, Tapping into More Facets of the Entertainment Industry Such as Gaming, Anime, and Others &endash; With all the fun of the Pop Culture, Sci-Fi, Comics and Other Fandoms Loyal Fans Have Known and Loved.
•••• Last year, after returning in-person for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, L.A. Comic Con's 2021 show was deemed one of the best cons of the year. Nearly 95,000 fans, creators, artists, cosplayers, celebrities, and vendors attended the event and participated in celebrity panels, autograph signings, activations, comics, cosplay, and pop culture fanfare. This year, the event expects to host 800+ diverse artists and vendors selling comics, collectibles, art, toys, apparel, and everything in between.
•••• L.A. Comic Con is Los Angeles' biggest and best multimedia pop culture convention, held annually at the Los Angeles Convention Center. L.A. Comic Con assembles the most exciting, new and innovative players in comics, movies, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, anime, gaming and all things pop-culture, making it Los Angeles' ultimate pop-culture destination. L.A. Comic Con is one of the most diverse and celebrated geek and pop-culture events in the United States, giving fans once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to truly enjoy safe interactions with their favorite creators and major players in the entertainment industry.
•••• Attendees will be granted up- close-and-personal access to some of the biggest names in entertainment, with a handpicked selection of panels, events, exhibits, and celebrity meet-and-greet opportunities. Special celebrity guests include Simu Liu [Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Kim's Convenience], Elijah Wood [Lord of the Rings, Happy Feet], Giancarlo Esposito [The Mandalorian, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul], Charlie Hunnam [Sons of Anarchy, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword], William Shatner [Star Trek: The Original Series, Miss Congeniality], Ming-Na Wen [The Mandalorian, Marvel's AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D], Amy Jo Johnson [Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Felicity, Flashpoint], Steve Burns [Blue's Clues & You, Young Sheldon], the cast of The Boys, The Umbrella Academy panel and many others among others.
•••• Show Hours are: Friday, December 2: 4:00 p.m. &endash; 9:00 p.m. Saturday, December 3: 9:30 a.m. -- 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 4: 9:30 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m.
•••• The presenting sponsor of the Main Stage, Tiltify is a fundraising platform for the digital generation that provides live, interactive technology to engage and inspire communities of people to donate or fundraise for important causes the world over. This year we're partnering with Tiltify to help raise money and awareness for World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises. Start fundraising today to compete for $30K in cash prizes. Anyone around the globe can participate digitally to raise funds for World Central Kitchen.
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• 2022 celebrates the 33rd Anniversary of the World Wide Web
•••• In 1989 the world's largest physics laboratory, CERN was a hive of ideas and information stored on multiple incompatible computers. Tim Berners-Lee envisioned a unifying structure for linking information across different computers and wrote an proposal in 1989 called "Information Management: A Proposal." By 1991 this vision of universal connectivity had become the Word Wide Web.

"Suppose all information stored on computers everywhere were linked . Suppose I could program my computer to create a space in which everything could be linked to everything."
-Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web

•••• Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first web browser in 1990 while employed at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. The browser was released to the general public in August 1991. The World Wide Web has been central to the development of the Information Age and is the primary tool billions of people use to interact on the Internet.

•••• "Vague but exciting." This was how Sir Tim Berners-Lee's boss responded to his proposal titled "Information Management: A Proposal," submitted on March 12 in 1989, when the inventor of the World Wide Web was a 33-year-old software engineer. Initially, Berners-Lee envisioned "a large hypertext database with typed links,"named  "Mesh," to help his colleagues at CERN (a large nuclear physics laboratory in Switzerland) share information amongst multiple computers.
•••• Berners-Lee's boss allowed him time to develop the humble flowchart into a working model, writing the HTML language, the HTTP application, and WorldWideWeb.app-- the first Web browser and page editor. By 1991, the external Web servers were up and running.
••••The Web would soon revolutionize life as we know it, ushering in the information age. Today, there are nearly 2 billion websites online. Whether you use it for email, homework, gaming, or checking out videos of cute puppies, chances are you can't imagine life without the Web.
••••Not to be confused with the internet, which had been evolving since the 1960s, the World Wide Web is an online application built upon innovations like HTML language, URL "addresses," and hypertext transfer protocol, or HTTP. The Web has also become a decentralized community, founded on principles of universality, consensus, and bottom-up design.
••••"There are very few innovations that have truly changed everything," said Jeff Jaffe, CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium. "The Web is the most impactful innovation of our time."
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• Newport Beach Film Festival back for it's 23rd edition run

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7, 2022 -- 114- Beloved 'Oldies But Goodies' Radio Legend Art Laboe Died. •
••• "The Art Laboe Connection," announced that he died at his home in Palm Spring sat age 97 after battling pneumonia.
•••• Laboe's voice filled Southern California's airwaves for more than 70 years. He was known for being the first DJ to play rock 'n' roll on the West Coast. He created an compilation album titled Oldies But Goodies,' a term he trademarked. Laboe became a beloved figure for generations of fans, particularly for Latinos, for his call-in dedication show, which aired first on HOT 92.3 FM and then on KDAY-FM (93.5).
••••Born Art Egnoian on August 7, 1925, in Salt Lake City. Laboe served in the Navy during World War II and. after serving he did stints at various radio stations and changed his name to Laboe when a general manager said it was catchier. When rock 'n' roll struck the airwaves in the 1950s, Laboe launched a live broadcast from Scrivners, a drive-in restaurant in Hollywood. Masses of teens crowded around him to request songs and dedications, and his career took off.
•••• Having worked as a DJ since the mid-'40s, including stints in San Francisco and Palm Springs, his first L.A. station homes were KXLA-AM (later KRLA) and KPOP. Laboe took his show on the road and did live remote shows from midnight till 4 a.m. at a local drive-in restaurant on Cahuenga and Sunset -- taking requests and becoming popular with the late-night crowd.
••••In 1959, Laboe formed record label Original Sound Records to promote new musical talent he discovered. The same year the label released two instrumental hit songs: "Teen Beat", the breakout hit by Sandy Nelson and "Bongo Rock" by Preston Epps. Laboe also received writing credit on both songs.
••••Later he moved to KXLA (subsequently KRLA), where he stayed for many years.
In the 1990s, Laboe worked for radio station KGGI.
•••• He was one of the first DJs to play rock-n-roll in California.
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• Autumn in Cannes By Josie Cory
AHHH.... Autumn in Cannes... where mild breezes blow as the warm Mediterranean sun smiles over this beautiful spot on the Cote d'Azur. There you can feel a timeless sensuality, assuaging a nostalgia for the Mediterranean which since as far back as the 16th century has been a constant theme in many a Northern European's life.
•••• "Now give us lands where the olives grow," Cried the North to the South, "Where the sun with a golden mouth can blow bubbles of grapes down the vineyard row!" Cried the North to the South (to borrow a phrase from the English writer Elizabeth Barret Browning.)
•••• "Cannes," wrote Charles Lentheric, the indispensable and erudite historian of maritime Provence, in 1880, " is a town where you feel no need to work," and where the inhabitants were not interested in the world that lay beyond their shady gardens, or the sheltered balconys of their hotels. Now the world has come to Cannes, chosen to be the Mediterranean headquarters for its annual events, and when you stroll along the Croisette on some warm October day you will hardly share Mr. Lenteric's sentiments. Cannes at festival time blossoms into a cosmopolitan spot.

• 115- CANNES, the jewel among film festival towns
•••• Cannes is host to the annual Festival de Cannes, as well as MIDEM, MIP TV and MICOM (Marché International des Programmes de Communication organized by RX France, formerly known as Reed Midem. It's been 35 years since TVI under Cory's ownership first covered MIPCOM in 1987.
•••• Although Cannes has remained the quintessential market place, despite enormous changes in the cinema, television, streaming and social media landscape, it was more casual back in 1987, of course. You could hang out with studio executives without much planning or go see a performer in his hotel room and spend the afternoon in discussing the latest video. There was no "French day," the interview period now set aside so French journalists can get their stories before everyone else.
•••• And many things were simpler. Though it sounds paradoxical, even getting stories back to my TVI Magazine -- it was less time-consuming in that pre-computer age. The festival headquarters had a room where telex operators who spoke not a word of English -- took your typewritten copy, grunted something unintelligible and transmitted it to the U.S. without a hitch.
•••• Since then, Cannes has only gotten bigger. Though we now live in an age when films can be viewed via links and streamed on computers anywhere in the world, the number of journalists covering the 4-day affair has multiplied.
•••• Cannes got off the ground after World War II with the Cannes Film Festival, and followed by tv markets MIPTV and VIDCOM, later MIPCOM when the market festival also responded to the advent of home video technology, including VCRs, DVDs and Blu-ray. As those new formats drove interest in older films and tv series and both French and American distributors wanted a platform to publicize their plans to re-release classics.
•••• Cannes is not just a festival that screens rarefied films. It also hosts a major market, known officially as the Marche du Film (established in 1959) held annually in conjunction with the Festival de Cannes, where about 4,000 films are shown to buyers from more than 100 countries. Here, deals are cut to bring movies to theaters in countries around the world or to release them on video or in digital formats.
••••This kind of willingness and ability to literally pay the price to keep the festival relevant is a through-line in Cannes' response to challenges. The event's annual budget is a staggering 20 million euros, roughly $26 million, and half of that comes from governmental tax funds. The French public considers film to be part of its cultural patrimony and is quite willing to foot the bill to be the best.
••••Part of that money goes to making the city as pleasant as it can be for festival visitors. Two months before the event begins, flowers get planted so they will bloom on schedule. One of the treats of getting to Cannes early is watching enormous cranes place huge, blossom-filled concrete planters into strategic positions along the Riviera.
••••Given how easy it is to see films these days without leaving your room, why do people continue to spend such considerable time, energy and money to go to Cannes?
•••• Because, despite the billions of dollars involved, the movie and television business remains a personal one, where relationships count and seeing people face to face from time to time is essential. Cannes has made sure that there's no place better to do that than Cannes. What was true in 1946 is still true today: Everyone goes to Cannes because everyone else is there. No other place can make that claim, not even close.
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• 115- Industry Players to meet at MIPCOM 2022, October 17- 20 at Cannes, France.
•••• International TV market Mipcom is set to return to the Croisette in October and major exhibitors have already signed up.
•••• The event, which has been quietly rebranded as Mipcom Cannes, runs from October 17-20 at the Palais des Festivals. Kids' content market Mip Junior will return to its pre-market weekend slot from Oct. 15-16, at the JW Marriott.
••••Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier will give a keynote speech at Mipcom as the event prepares to welcome back several U.S. and UK studios following pandemic-triggered absences.
•••• Collier will provide insight into the Fox Entertainment business, explain his growth strategy and address wider industry issues. He leads the overall creative and commercial vision for the Murdoch family-owned operation, which spans the Fox broadcast network, in-house unscripted studio Fox Alternative Entertainment and scripted arm Fox Entertainment Studios
•••• Organizers RX France, formerly known as Reed Midem, revealed that a tranche of 200-plus exhibitors are on board for Mipcom. New Co- production market as well as big international players such as Beta Film, Cineflix Rights, CJ ENM, Endeavor Content, Global Agency, Keshet International, Studiocanal and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution.
•••• Noticeably missing from the group, however, is BBC Studios. The commercial distribution arm of the BBC was last in Mipcom in 2019 with a British-designed, two-floor aluminium stand that was close to the Croisette. The company, like many others, has been missing from Cannes ever since, due to the pandemic. While MipTV was staged for the first time since 2020 in April, a number of major distributors opted to stay behind as it was a much-reduced event.
•••••Altogether, exhibitors from 30 countries have bought stands for October. The majority of exhibitors, says RX France, are "back to their pre-pandemic booth sizes or larger, bolstered by the re-opening of major outdoor stands on the Croisette beach and surrounding the Palais des Festivals."
A selection of confirmed exhibitors to date are below:
9 Story Media Group, Aardman, A+E Networks, Abacus Media Rights, ABC Commercial, About Premium Content, All3Media International, AMC Studios, Armoza Formats, Arte France, Avalon Distribution, Banijay, Bavaria, Beta Film, Beyond Rights, Blue Ant Media, Cake Distribution, Caracol, Catalan Films, Cineflix Rights, CJ E&M, Cyber Group Studios, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, DCD Rights, Deutsche Welle, Dori Media, Dynamic Television, Eccho Rights, Electric Entertainment, Endeavor Content, Federation International, FilmRise, Fuji Television Network, Gaumont, Global Agency, Global Screen, ITV Studios, The Jim Henson Company, Kanal D International, KBS Media, Keshet International, Lionsgate, M6, MarVista Entertainment/Fox Entertainment, Mattel, Mediapro, Mercury Studios, NBCUniversal International, Netflix, Newen Connect, Nippon Television Network, NRK, ORF, Paramount Global Content Distribution, Passion Distribution, PBS international, Rai Com, Red Arrow Studios International, RTE, RTVE, SBS Content, Screen Australia, Shaftesbury, SVT, SODEC &endash; Quebec Creatif, Spin Master Entertainment, Studiocanal, Talpa, TelevisaUnivision, Terra Mater Studios, TF1 Studios, TV Azteca, TVP, Ukrainian National Stand, Unifrance, Viaplay, Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, WildBrain, ZDF Studios, ZEE Entertainment.
•••• Elsewhere, Mipcom has also launched a new International Co-Production Market in the Palais des Festivals that's dedicated to "accelerating international co-production and development business in Cannes." At its heart is the Seaview Producers Hub, a 1,000 square-metre networking lounge and event space, that's meant to "reflect the increased focus at the market for exploring early-stage development and co-production partnerships."

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• 115- Is Hollywood ready for the Golden Globes' return? But serious questions remain
•••• Last year, NBC pulled the plug and dropped the broadcast of the 2022 Globes. A contingent of powerful publicists boycotted the organization and studios including Netflix and WarnerMedia cut ties after a Los Angeles Times investigation raised questions about the group's financial and ethical lapses and revealed that not one of the HFPA's then-87 members was Black, sparking a widespread backlash
•••• NBC dropped the 2022 Golden Globes broadcast "until more meaningful changes are made."
•••• After resisting change, the HFPA vowed to reform. It was a messy process marked by infighting and notable missteps: Former eight-term president Phil Berk stepped down after sending an email to members comparing Black Lives Matter to a hate group; its diversity consultant quit; and two members resigned in protest.
•••• NBC is poised to resurrect the Golden Globes and broadcast the awards ceremony in time for its 80th anniversary next January. The announcement could come as early as this week.
•••• This would be a major step for the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., the voting group behind the Globes, which has spent much of the past two years attempting to get back into Hollywood's good graces after the industry turned its collective back on them.
•••• But many in the industry say serious questions remain about the organization, casting doubts on who might participate in next year's ceremony.
•••• Although beset by scandals for nearly eight decades, the HFPA, a small, mysterious band of foreign journalists, brandished outsized influence in Hollywood.
•••• Now, the idea of bringing back the Globes has split the industry into various factions: drop them, keep them or "let's wait and see."
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• 115- HFPA to become for-profit organization to save Golden Globes
••• Hollywood, CA, 07/28/22 -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. by vote accepted a proposal by interim Chief Executive Todd Boehly who has served as the org's interim CEO since last year. The HFPA put itself on the auction block in May, and Boehly had been looking to buy the organization since.
••• Boehly, chairman of private equity firm Eldridge Industries, the parent company of longtime Globes producer Dick Clark Productions (now known as MRC Live & Alternative) presented his plan during an general membership meeting.
••• "This is a historic moment for the HFPA and the Golden Globes," said Helen Hoehne, president of the HFPA, in a statement. "We have taken a decisive step forward to transform ourselves and adapt to this increasingly competitive economic landscape for both award shows and the journalism marketplace. ... We are excited to move forward with a mandate to ensure we continue our support for increasing diversity in all areas and maintaining our life-changing charitable and philanthropic efforts."
.••• The new private entity will manage its Golden Globes assets while maintaining the charitable and philanthropic programs in a separate non-profit entity.
••••Under his proposal, Eldridge would form a new company and acquire the Golden Globes assets based on an "independent third-party valuation firm." The proceeds would be used to fund the charitable wing of the HFPA.
••••The association's tax-exempt status would be dissolved, and the new association would allow members "the opportunity to share in its profits, thereby giving them a stake in the success of the Globes."
••••The plan also needs a final sign-off from California's attorney general.
••• Under the deal, HFPA members would be paid $75,000 annually for several years, according to two members not authorized to speak publicly.
•••••• •The move comes as the embattled association has been working to reform itself and get back on track with Hollywood.
••••Last year, NBC dropped the broadcast of the 2022 Globes boycotting the organization, and studios including Netflix and WarnerMedia cut ties after a Times investigation raised questions about the group's ethical and financial lapses and revealed that not one of the then 87 members was Black.
••••Since then, the nonprofit HFPA has undertaken a series of reforms, including establishing new bylaws, banning gifts and adding 21 new members, six of whom are Black.
••• In May Pacific Coast Entertainment, a group led by former motion picture academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, made a multimillion-dollar bid to buy the Golden Globes.
••••Reaching out to HFPA members directly, the offer included paying them an annual salary of $120,000, guaranteed for five years, along with a one-time $100,000 "Pandemic Relief Grant," and establishing a $5-million-a-year endowment, according to a review by The Times.
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• 115- Golden Globe Award winners announced at a muted glitz-free ceremony
Jauary 9, 2022 - Following the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn having been bumped off the air by NBC -- following months of heated controversy -- the 79th Golden Globe Awards were handed out at a starless, no-host, lackluster private event in the ballroom of the Beverly Hilton hotel.
•••• With the event neither televised nor live-streamed -- and with the media barred from covering it in person -- the HFPA unveiled this year's winners to the public on its web site and via social media.
•••• As always the night had its big winners. Steven Spielberg's sweeping new take on "West Side Story" claimed the top prize in the musical or comedy category. Jane Campion's brooding western "Power of the Dog" won the best picture prize in the drama category, and S. The HBO series "Succession" and "Hacks" won the top series prizes, while actors including Nicole Kidman, Will Smith,, Michael Keaton and Kate Winslet claimed trophies too.
•••• However, none of the nominees chose to attend the event. No stars were there to deliver the usual comic banter or give emotional acceptances speeches.
•••• Where the Hilton would in former years have been the epicenter of Hollywood glamour, power and money, there was just a quiet Sunday night, with only Hilton staff and the occasional hotel guest passing outside the ballroom. There were no glamorous and high-priced studio-hosted after-parties, no limousines, no red carpet interviews, no snapping
•••• •Indeed, given the HFPA's current troubles, many in Hollywood believe the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. would have been better off simply sitting this year out rather than attempting to go ahead awkwardly with a celebrity-free ceremony.
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• 115- "Weird"Al Yankovic film, David Bowie doc, Squid Game star's directorial debut, at the Torronto International Film Festival 2022 lineup.
••••The festival previously announced other high-profile films heading to this year's event, including Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama "The Fabelmans," Billy Eichner's gay rom-com Bros, Lena Dunham's period piece "Catherine Called Birdy," Viola Davis' warrior epic "The Woman King," Harry Styles' "My Policeman", and Daniel Craig's highly anticipated sequel "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, "The Whale," "Women Talking," "Emprire of Light" among others.
•••• "We're excited to welcome some of the most celebrated figures in movies return back to Toronto to present their Gala and Special Presentation films," said TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey in a statement. "With stories that span six continents and feature performances this lineup delivers the rich experiences we wait all year for. Cinema is alive. Red carpets are back. And the best audience in the world awaits them in Toronto."
•••• TIFF plays a crucial role in the global film industry, often hosting the premieres of big commercial projects as well as smaller, independently and internationally produced prestige films. The festival also has a reputation for stoking Oscars buzz ahead of the Academy Awards season, as the event often launches awards-bound projects into the race. Across the past decade, nine of the 10 TIFF People's Choice Award winners have gone on to win or be nominated for the Academy's Best Picture prize -- including last year's Best Picture nominee "Belfast."
•••• The prestigious Telluride Film Festival ranks among the world's best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers, and critics. TFF is considered a major launching ground for the fall season's most talked-about films. Founded in 1974, Telluride Film Festival, presented in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, is an international educational event celebrating the art of film. Telluride Film Festival's long-standing commitment is to join filmmakers and film connoisseurs together to experience great cinema. The exciting schedule, kept secret until just before Opening Day, consists of over three dozen filmmakers presenting their newest works, special Guest Director programs, major Tributes to guest artists, special events and remarkable treasures from the past. Telluride Film Festival is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit educational program. Festival headquarters are in Berkeley, CA.
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• 115-Emmy Awards hosted by SNL's Kenan Thomson - List of Winners
•••• Kenan Thompson took center stage as this year's host, live from the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. and streaming live for the first time on its sister platform Peacock. This was Thompson's first time hosting the Emmys but he has been nominated six times.
CCombined with the Creative Arts Emmys given out last week, HBO and HBO Max totaled 38 Emmys topping the 26 pulled in this year by Netflix . HBO and Netflix have battled it out for top winner in recent years with Netflix taking the top spot last year.

©	• Emmy Winners 2022 Complete List	®	• Emmy Winners 2022 Complete List	®
	Drama Series Better Call Saul Euphoria Ozark Severance Squid Game Stranger Things Succession - WINNER Yellowjackets   Comedy Series Abbott Elementary Barry Curb Your Enthusiasm Hacks The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Only Murders in the Building Ted Lasso - WINNER What We Do in the Shadows   Lead Actor in a Drama Series Jason Bateman, Ozark Brian Cox, Succession Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game - WINNER Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul Adam Scott, Severance Jeremy Strong, Succession   Lead Actress in a Drama Series Jodie Comer, Killing Eve Laura Linney, Ozark Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets Sandra Oh, Killing Eve Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show Zendaya, Euphoria - WINNER Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant Elle Fanning, The Great Issa Rae, Insecure Jean Smart, Hacks -WINNER   Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Donald Glover, Atlanta Bill Hader, Barry Nicholas Hoult, The Great Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso - WINNER   Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Patricia Arquette, Severance Julia Garner, Ozark - WINNER Jung Ho-yeon, Squid Game Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets J. Smith Cameron, Succession Sarah Snook, Succession Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul   Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nicholas Braun, Succession Billy Crudup, The Morning Show Kieran Culkin, Succession Park Hae-soo, Squid Game Matthew Macfayden, Succession - WINNER John Turturro, Severance Christopher Walken, Severance Oh Yeong-su, Squid Game   Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Hannah Einbinder, Hacks Janelle James, Abbott Elementary Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live Sarah Niles, Ted Lasso Sheryl Lee Ralph, "Abbott Elementary" - WINNER Juno Temple, Ted Lasso Hannah Waddington, Ted Lasso   Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Carrigan, Barry Brett Goldstein, "Ted Lasso" - WINNER Toheeb Jimoh, Ted Lasso Nick Mohammed, Ted Lasso Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary Henry Winkler, Barry Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live   Limited or Anthology Series Dopesick, Hulu The Dropout, Hulu Inventing Anna, Netflix Pam & Tommy, Hulu "The White Lotus," HBO - WINNER   Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Colin Firth, The Staircase Andrew Garfield, Under the Banner of Heaven Oscar Isaac, Scenes from a Marriage Michael Keaton, Dopesick Himesh Patel, Station Eleven Sebastian Stan, Pam & Tommy   Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Toni Collette, The Staircase Julia Garner, Inventing Anna Lily James, Pam & Tommy Sarah Paulson, Impeachment: American Crime Story Margaret Qualley, Maid Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout- WINNER		Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Connie Britton, The White Lotus Jennifer Coolidge, "The White Lotus" - WINNER Alexandra Daddario, The White Lotus Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus Sydney Sweeney, The White Lotus Mare Winningham, Dopesick   Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Murray Bartlett, "The White Lotus" - WINNER Jake Lacy, The White Lotus Will Poulter, Dopesick Seth Rogen, Pam & Tommy Peter Sarsgaard, Dopesick Michael Stuhlbarg, Dopesick Steve Zahn, The White Lotus   Guest Actor in a Drama Series Adrien Brody, Succession James Cromwell, Succession Colman Domingo, "Euphoria" - WINNER Arian Moayed, Succession Tom Pelphrey, Ozark Alexander Skarsgard, Succession   Guest Actress in a Drama Series Hope Davis, Succession Marcia Gay Harden, The Morning Show Martha Kelly, Euphoria Sanaa Lathan, Succession Harriet Walter, Succession Lee You-mi, Squid Game- WINNER   Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Jane Adams, Hacks Harriet Sansom Harris, Hacks Jane Lynch, Only Murders in the Building Laurie Metcalf, "Hacks"- WINNER Kaitlin Olson, Hacks Harriet Walter, Ted Lasso   Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Jerrod Carmichael, Saturday Night Live Bill Hader, Curb Your Enthusiasm James Lance, Ted Lasso Nathan Lane, "Only Murders in the Building" - WINNER Christopher McDonald, Hacks Sam Richardson, Ted Lasso   Television Movie Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers- WINNER Ray Donovan: The Movie Reno 911: The Hunt for QAnon The Survivor Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas   Competition Series The Amazing Race "Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls" - WINNER Nailed It! RuPaul's Drag Race Top Chef The Voice   Host for a Reality or Competition Program Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Making It Nicole Byer, Nailed It! Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O'Leary, Shark Tank Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef RuPaul, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' - WINNER   Variety Talk Series The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Jimmy Kimmel Live "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" - WINNER Late Night with Seth Meyers The Late Show with Stephen Colbert   Variety Sketch Series A Black Lady Sketch Show "Saturday Night Live" - WINNER   Variety Special (Live) The 64th Annual Grammy Awards Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes The Oscars Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent - WINNER Tony Awards Presents: Broadway's Back!   Variety Special (Pre-recorded) Adele: One Night Only- WINNER Dave Chappelle: The Closer Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga   Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman The Problem with Jon Stewart "Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy" - WINNER VICE The World According to Jeff Goldblum

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• 115- Emmy Nominations 2022 announced.
••••This year's Emmy Award nominees were announced on Tuesday, with "Succession," "Ted Lasso" and "The White Lotus" earning the most nominations. "Squid Game" earned 14 nods, the most ever for a foreign-language show.
•••• The 74th Emmy Awards will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sept. 12 on NBC and will stream live for the first time on Peacock.
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• The 74th Emmys to be annunced July 12
LOS ANGELES -June 7, 2022 -- The Television Academy today announced 121 nominations in 35 categories for the 74th Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards, to be presented Saturday evening, July 23, 2022, at the Television Academy's campus in the NoHo Arts District in Los Angeles.
•••• The official Emmy Awards nominations will be announced on July 12.
•••• The nomination round of voting runs from June 16 to June 27. For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, the TV Academy will bring back Governors Balls to celebrate after the Creative Arts and Primetime Emmys ceremonies. The Academy scrapped the events in 2020 and 2021 due to the safety concerns.
•••••A handful of minor rule changes for 2022 have been announced, including eliminating the program time length for comedy and drama series and further defining what a "limited series" is. It also partnered with the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to announce a realignment of some series eligibility -- moving to more genre, rather than daypart, distinctions.
•••• The Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards honor locally produced programs in the categories of Crime and Social Issues, Culture and History, the Arts, Human Interest, Sports, the Environment, and Live and Breaking News Coverage.
•••• A complete list of the nominations, are tabulated by the Academy's accounting firm Ernst & Young The nominations are listed alphabetically by program within each category.
•••• Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh and Stephanie Hampton are the Los Angeles Area Governors.
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• 40th anniversary celebration of Thriller

Los Angeles, CA -  Sony Music and the Estate of Michael Jackson announced today that MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 40, a double CD set comprised of Michael's original masterpiece  and an exciting bonus CD of rarities and demos,  is available for Pre-Order starting today HERE. The titles of the ten bonus tracks will be revealed one at a time, starting after Labor Day with the last track being revealed just before release date, November 18.  Additionally, 15 additional tracks which have been in limited release previously will be available as part of an expanded digital release.   •••• The release of MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 40 celebrates the 40th anniversary of the biggest selling album of all time worldwide. Pop up events and worldwide activations are planned to honor Michael's epic creation which won a record setting 8 Grammys, smashed musical barriers and changed the frontiers of pop music and music videos forever.  Michael Jackson's Thriller has spent more than 500 weeks on the Billboard album chart and has sold over 100 million albums since its release on November 30, 1982.

Michael Jackson's Thriller 40 Double CD includes the original Masterpiece + a bonus CD of demos and rarities; 15 additional tracks available digitally.MORE ABOUT THRILLER
•••• Worldwide, Thriller went to #1 in practically every country in the world, including the UK, France, Italy, Australia, Denmark, Belgium, South Africa, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa and remains the biggest selling album of all time with sales in excess of 100 million. Seven tracks from the album became Top 10 singles, and three, "Beat It," "Billie Jean," and "Thriller," went to No. 1.
•••• The music on Thriller was so singular for the time it defied any definition of rock, pop or soul that had gone before. "Beat It" was a new kind of pop rock hybrid and demolished the longstanding segregation between black and white music with Eddie Van Halen's incendiary guitar. On "The Girl Is Mine," two men, one white and one Black, banter about the same girl. On the same album were songs like the African rooted "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and the rhythm and blues based "Billie Jean."
•••• Michael set out to revolutionize how to tell a story and entertain on a grand scale through film but faced roadblocks. Despite the luscious cinematography, dramatic narrative and spectacular choreography of "Billie Jean," a fledgling MTV, which was programming white rock artists almost exclusively, refused to play it. Epic persisted. Once the wall came crashing down, MTV's ratings soared and a door was opened for generations of African American artists. "He was MTV's Jackie Robinson," said cultural critic Touré.
•••• Next, came the unforgettable short film for "Beat It," which featured Michael bringing two gangs together through the power of music and dance. And then there was "Thriller." Premiered at the AVCO Theatre in Los Angeles in 1983, it sold out every night for three weeks. No other music video before or since has generated such excitement and has such a hold on our attention, such that 40 years later it is shared by many as a collective memory and it remains the only music video to be inducted into the elite National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
•••• Music from Thriller and Michael's other hit albums is featured in the hit Las Vegas show Michael Jackson ONE, at the Michael Jackson ONE Theater in Mandalay Bay Resorts and Casino and in the acclaimed Broadway musical MJ The Musicalat the Neil Simon Theatre in New York, which won four Tony Awards earlier this year. Michael has sold more than 1 billion records and remains one of the top streaming artists in the world.
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• Venice Film Festival celebrates its 79th anniversary
•••• Los Angeles, CA 7/25/22 -- At the end of August some of the world's best filmmakers will descend on the "City of Canals" for the 79th Venice International Film Festival.
•••• The festival, will kick off on August 31, and marks the start of a new film awards season, followed by the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
•••• Impressive lineup standout is the opening night film, Noah Baumbach's "White Noise," an adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel and the first time a Netflix movie has opened the festival. The film stars indie favorites Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig, as well as acting heavyweight Don Cheadle. Other standouts are "Blonde," a drama about Marilyn Monroe, and Olivia Wilde's "Don't Worry Darling." Also new works by Darren Aronofsky, Andrew Dominik, Alejandro J. Iñárritu, Luca Guadagnino, Joanna Hogg and Laura Poitras are among the roster of titles to compete for a Golden Lion, or Silver Lion; Volpi Cup and others.
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• 115- Russian filmmakers Kantemir Blagov and Kira Kovalenke selected as guest directors at the 49th Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival (TFF) presented by Natioanl Film Preservie Ltd., announced that dissident Russian filmmakers Kantemir Blagov and Kira Kovalenke as its 2022 Festival Guest Directors. The award winning filmmakers are set to select a series of films to present at the 49th Telluride Film Festival running September 2 - 5, 2022.
••••Festival organizers annually select the world's great film enthusiasts to join them in the creation of the Festival's program lineup. The Guest Directors serve as key collaborators in the Festival's programming decisions, bringing new ideas and overlooked films to Telluride. In keeping with Telluride Film Festival tradition, Balagov's and Kovalenko's film selections, along with the rest of the Telluride lineup, will be kept secret until Opening Day.
•••• "One of the most special aspects of Telluride is the remarkable family of returning filmmakers that has formed over the years," comments TFF executive director Julie Huntsinger. "These wildly talented people continue to create films of such high quality and regard, and we are thrilled to continue to discover and invite their new works again and again. There are threads of shared continuity between the filmmakers themselves as well. An unfailing humanism, a desire to be truthful and brave and tell stories that make us think and feel in profound ways. Our Guest Directors this year, Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko are not only two returning filmmakers with a distinct point of view, but they are also wonderful, young cinephiles (they met at film school) who will bring their brave and singular voices to a section we cannot wait to share with our wider audience in September."
•••• Past Guest Directors include Barry Jenkins, Pico Iyer, Jonathan Lethem, Joshua Oppenheimer, Volker Schlöndorff, Rachel Kushner, Guy Maddin, Caetano Veloso, Michael Ondaatje, Alexander Payne, Salman Rushdie, Peter Bogdanovich, B. Ruby Rich, Phillip Lopate, Errol Morris, Bertrand Tavernier, John Boorman, John Simon, Buck Henry, Laurie Anderson, Stephen Sondheim, G. Cabrera Infante, Peter Sellars, Don DeLillo, J.P. Gorin, Edith Kramer and Slavoj Zizek.
•••• The Guest Director program is sponsored by Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Considered throughout the industry as one of the leading authorities on classic film, the network presents great films, uncut and commercial-free, highlighting the entire spectrum of film history.
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• "Weird"Al Yankovic film, David Bowie doc, Squid Game star's directorial debut, at the Torronto International Film Festival 2022 lineup.
••••The festival previously announced other high-profile films heading to this year's event, including Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama "The Fabelmans," Billy Eichner's gay rom-com Bros, Lena Dunham's period piece "Catherine Called Birdy," Viola Davis' warrior epic "The Woman King," Harry Styles' "My Policeman", and Daniel Craig's highly anticipated sequel "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, "The Whale," "Women Talking," "Emprire of Light" among others.
•••• "We're excited to welcome some of the most celebrated figures in movies return back to Toronto to present their Gala and Special Presentation films," said TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey in a statement. "With stories that span six continents and feature performances this lineup delivers the rich experiences we wait all year for. Cinema is alive. Red carpets are back. And the best audience in the world awaits them in Toronto."
•••• TIFF plays a crucial role in the global film industry, often hosting the premieres of big commercial projects as well as smaller, independently and internationally produced prestige films. The festival also has a reputation for stoking Oscars buzz ahead of the Academy Awards season, as the event often launches awards-bound projects into the race. Across the past decade, nine of the 10 TIFF People's Choice Award winners have gone on to win or be nominated for the Academy's Best Picture prize -- including last year's Best Picture nominee "Belfast."
•••• The prestigious Telluride Film Festival ranks among the world's best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers, and critics. TFF is considered a major launching ground for the fall season's most talked-about films. Founded in 1974, Telluride Film Festival, presented in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, is an international educational event celebrating the art of film. Telluride Film Festival's long-standing commitment is to join filmmakers and film connoisseurs together to experience great cinema. The exciting schedule, kept secret until just before Opening Day, consists of over three dozen filmmakers presenting their newest works, special Guest Director programs, major Tributes to guest artists, special events and remarkable treasures from the past. Telluride Film Festival is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit educational program. Festival headquarters are in Berkeley, CA.
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• 108- 'Top Gun: Maverick' Passes 'Titanic' as Seventh-Highest Grossing Film in Domestic Box Office History
•••• "Top Gun: Maverick" has toppled "Titanic" as the seventh-biggest film release ever at the domestic box office, earning $662 million in ticket sales.
•••• For Paramount, "Top Gun: Maverick" has also overtaken "Titanic" as the studio's biggest film in its 110-year history. However, James Cameron's disaster epic is still outpacing Tom Cruise's fighter-jet adventure outside of North America with $1.5 billion at the international box office and $2.2 billion globally.
•••• "Top Gun: Maverick" has sold a similar number of tickets overseas as it has domestically, with the film's international tally at $690 million. Without playing in China or Russia, the blockbuster follow-up to 1986's "Top Gun" has grossed $1.3 billion to date.
•••• Thanks to word-of-mouth and repeat customers, "Top Gun: Maverick" is pulling in audiences that would have been enormous even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it's close to reaching Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War," which currently stands as the sixth-highest grossing domestic release ever with $678 million.
•••• Beyond that, the list of the top five domestic releases ever consists of "Black Panther" ($700 million), "Avatar" ($760 million), "Spider-Man: No Way Home" ($804 million), "Avengers: Endgame" ($853 million) and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" ($936 million).
••••Since "Top Gun: Maverick" debuted in May and cleared a new Memorial Day weekend opening record with $160.5 million, it has remained a box office force. "Maverick" is Cruise's first movie to surpass $100 million in a single weekend and his first to reach $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
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• 102-Apple warns of security flaw for iPhones, iPads and Macs - (AP)
Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices.

•••• Security flaw may allow hackers full control of devices, company warns. Apple has released patches for major iOS and macOS security breaches. Major security vulnerabilities found in iOS and macOS devices could allow potential hackers complete control of a user's device, Apple warned on Wednesday
•••• The company said it is "aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited."
•••• Apple did not say in the reports how, where or by whom the vulnerabilities were discovered. In all cases, it cited an anonymous researcher.
•••• Apple released two security reports about the issue Wednesday, although they didn't receive wide attention outside of tech publications.
•••• Security experts have advised users to update affected devices -- the iPhones 6S and later models; several models of the iPad, including the 5th generation and later, all iPad Pro models and the iPad Air 2; and Mac computers running MacOS Monterey. It also affects some iPod models.
•••• Apple's explanation of the vulnerability means a hacker could get "full admin access to the device" so that they can "execute any code as if they are you, the user," said Rachel Tobac, chief executive of SocialProof Security.
•••• Those who should be particularly attentive to updating their software are "people who are in the public eye" such as activists or journalists who might be the targets of sophisticated nation-state spying, Tobac said.
•••• Commercial spyware companies such as Israel's NSO Group are known for identifying and taking advantage of such flaws, exploiting them in malware that surreptitiously infects targets' smartphones, siphons their contents and surveils the targets in real time.
•••• NSO Group has been blacklisted by the U.S. Commerce Department. Its spyware is known to have been used in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America against journalists, dissidents and human rights activists.
••••Security researcher Will Strafach said he had seen no technical analysis of the vulnerabilities that Apple has just patched. The company has previously acknowledged similarly serious flaws and, in what Strafach estimated to be perhaps a dozen occasions, has noted that it was aware of reports that such security holes had been exploited.
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• 115- NBA veteran Scottie Pippen and Napa Wine Legend Dave Phinney to deliver keynote address at The Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo - By Gary Sunkin
•••• The largest Foodservice & Hospitality Expo in the West is taking place from Sunday, August 28 through Tuesday, August 30 at the Los Angeles. Convention Center. The expo will showcase hundreds of leading vendors, demonstrating and sampling the newest food products, technology and equipment for the restaurant, foodservice, specialty beverage and hospitality markets. Access to live culinary prformances and award ceremonies, all under one roof.
•••• Keynote speaker Dave Phinney has a colorful, storied history in the craft beverage world.  Twenty years ago, he took a friend up on an offer to spend a semester "studying" in Florence, Italy.  This trip sparked what would become lifelong passions &endash; history, agriculture, winemaking and the profound act of turning something from the earth into a beverage.  
•••• After this epic trip, Dave moved to the Napa Valley and landed a job at the Robert Mondavi Winery in 1997 as a temporary harvest worker. He decided that if he was going to work this hard, it would eventually have to be for himself.  So, in 1998 he founded his first brand with two tons of zinfandel and not much else.  
•••• He spent the next decade making wine for others as well as himself and has since grown several companies into multinational brands.  During this time, Dave also became increasingly interested in spirits.  
•••• In 2016, Dave started the Savage & Cooke distillery.  He applied all that he learned over the years in winemaking and took a very different approach, notably finishing all of his spirits in wine barrels from his collection of projects.  Dave decided to base Savage & Cooke on Mare Island, which is renowned for its rich history and architecture.
•••• A 17-year NBA veteran, Scottie Pippen played in 1,178 games and averaged 16.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists and 1.96 steals during an illustrious career that placed him among the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of all-time in 1996 and brought the Bulls six NBA World Championship titles (1991-93, 1996-98)
•••• Pippen led his teams to postseason appearances in each of his first 16 seasons and compiled NBA Playoff averages of 17.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.96 steals in 208 games. At the time of his retirement, Pippen's 208 career playoff appearances ranked second in NBA history behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 237. During his 12 years in a Bulls uniform, the 6-8, 228-pound forward/guard affixed his name at or very near the top of every major statistical category in franchise history. At the time of his retirement, Pippen was the team's all-time leader in three-point field goals (664) and three-point field goal attempts (2,031), and ranked second in 12 other categories.
•••• The keynote will be moderated by Art Sutley, Nightlife & Hospitality Expert, and one of the industry experts behind Bar Business Magazine. As an educator in the industry, he speaks at many of the top restaurant and cocktail tradeshows globally. Art has appeared on the Paramount Network's hit TV Show Bar Rescue as a Recon Expert assisting host and industry expert Jon Taffer. Most recently Art has joined the team at Savage & Cooke Distillery.
•••• The Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo is owned by Clarion Events Food & Beverage Group and sponsored by the California Restaurant Association. Clarion Events (us.clarionevents.com) produces 37 events across thirteen sectors of both trade and consumer events. The Clarion Events Food & Beverage Group also includes the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show, the International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York, Coffee Fest and The NGA Show. Clarion Events acquired PennWell in early 2018, bringing 4 Tradeshow 200 events into the U.S. portfolio and super- charging the already rapid growth. Clarion Events has offices in Trumbull, CT; Kennesaw, GA; Boca Raton, FL; Tacoma, WA, and Fairlawn, NJ.
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• 101- New opportunities & challenges as the path of late-night shows is shifting
••• As announced James Corden is leaving CBS's The Late Late Show next year after a seven-year hosting gig. Samantha Bee's Full Frontal was canceled at TBS, the latest cull of the new Warner Bros. Discovery empire, and Desus & Mero split up and ended their Showtime series a group of showrunners lobbied the TV Academy to keep five nominations.
•••• The cancelation of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is one of those decisions impacted by decreasing linear ratings and a changing media landscape, coming as part of a swathe of cuts at Warner Bros. Discovery.
•••• Jon Batiste, bandleader of Stephen Colbert's The Late Show is leaving after seven years and even Jimmy Kimmel is considering ending his 20-year run on ABC.
•••• There's long been two strands in late-night; the nightly shows on the broadcast networks -- "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" which scored its first major Emmy, and "The Late Late Show with James Corden" -- and cable such as "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah." Then you have the weekly cable shows, and more recently streaming such as "Real Time with Bill Maher," "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," "Full Frontal" with Samantha Bee, Ziwe, "The Amber Ruffin Show," "Pause with Sam Jay" and "Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God."
•••• CBS is currently figuring out how to replace Corden, who started in 2015. CBS was looking to experiment in the 12:30 am and tweek up the format, which has been somewhat singularly designed around the Tony-winning British host. There have been an abundance of names thrown into the ring from established stars, predominantly female, to YouTubers and more enigmatic performers. "Everyone wants someone that already has followers but that's difficul, like getting people to go from YouTube to linear."
•••• ABC will also be keeping a close eye on the landscape in case Jimmy Kimmel decides to retire, a decision the host has not yet fully made.
•••• Former MTV and Comedy Central executive Doug Herzog., who oversaw The Daily Show with Jon Stewart when he ran Comedy Central, said that there's a lot of different things at work right now when it comes to late-night. He says that linear, ad-supported television is being "upended" and its impact on specific day parts is one issue, while streaming is another. "Ten years ago, certainly 15 years ago, you couldn't access a late-night show until 11:30pm at night, and now it's feels like with social media and the way these shows are kind of chopped up and sent out to the world, it's late-night all the time," he said on his show.
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• 106- Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage
•••• "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie, who for years was the target of death threats from Iran, was stabbed in the neck and body at a conference in New York state.
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Photo: Salman Rushdie (Rogelio V. Solis / Associated Press)

•••• Rushdie, whose book "The Satanic Verses" sent him undercover out of fear for his life was prepared to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, a non profit education and retreat center in upstate New York. Ironically, he was allegedly to talk about the US being a "safe haven" for speech when Hadi Matar, 24, rushed the stage, attacked him and an interviewer and then started to stab the 75-year-old author.
•••• Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital, where he underwent surgery and put on a ventilator.
He will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged," his agent Andrew Wylie said in the statement."
•••• The man accused of attacking Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called "pre-planned" crime. A judge ordered him held without bail after Chautauqua County Dist Atty Jason Schmidt told her that Matar 24, took steps to purposely put himself in position to harm Rushdie, getting an advance pass to the event where the author was speaking and arriving a day early bearing a fake ID.
••• The attach was met with shock and outrage from much of the world, along with tribute and praise for the award-winning author who for more than 30 ears has faced death threats.
•••• Salman was born in India and raised in Mumbai before moving to England to attend high school and the University of Cambridge, the Authors Guild said. He is the author of 14 novels, including "Midnight's Children," for which he won the 1981 Booker Prize.
•••• Rushdie's life first came under threat in 1989, when Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini placed a fatwa on him over "The Satanic Verses," a book inspired by the life of the prophet Muhammad.
•••• The author was issued a death sentence in 1989 by Ayatollah Khomeini, after Rushdie's book, The Satanic Verses, allegedly insulted the Prophet Mohammed and The Koran.
•••• The book caused an uproar in many Muslim communities. Khomeini called it blasphemy, saying it was "against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran" when he ordered Rushdie's death. He offered a $1-million reward for Rushdie's killer. Khomeini died in 1989.
•••• Rushdie's life first came under threat in 1989, when Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini placed a fatwa on him over "The Satanic Verses," a book inspired by the life of the prophet Muhammad.
•••• The book caused an uproar in many Muslim communities. Khomeini called it blasphemy, saying it was "against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran" when he ordered Rushdie's death. He offered a $1-million reward for Rushdie's killer. Khomeini died in 1989.
••••After the fatwa was ordered, the writer went into hiding, moving constantly and always remaining protected by a bodyguard.
••••The Iranian government in 1998 said it no longer backed the fatwa, and Rushdie moved out of hiding to New York City.
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• 115- HFPA to become for-profit organization to save Golden Globes
••• Hollywood, CA, 07/28/22 -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. by vote accepted a proposal by interim Chief Executive Todd Boehly who has served as the org's interim CEO since last year. The HFPA put itself on the auction block in May, and Boehly had been looking to buy the organization since.
••• Boehly, chairman of private equity firm Eldridge Industries, the parent company of longtime Globes producer Dick Clark Productions (now known as MRC Live & Alternative) presented his plan during an general membership meeting.
••• "This is a historic moment for the HFPA and the Golden Globes," said Helen Hoehne, president of the HFPA, in a statement. "We have taken a decisive step forward to transform ourselves and adapt to this increasingly competitive economic landscape for both award shows and the journalism marketplace. ... We are excited to move forward with a mandate to ensure we continue our support for increasing diversity in all areas and maintaining our life-changing charitable and philanthropic efforts."
.••• The new private entity will manage its Golden Globes assets while maintaining the charitable and philanthropic programs in a separate non-profit entity.
••••Under his proposal, Eldridge would form a new company and acquire the Golden Globes assets based on an "independent third-party valuation firm." The proceeds would be used to fund the charitable wing of the HFPA.
••••The association's tax-exempt status would be dissolved, and the new association would allow members "the opportunity to share in its profits, thereby giving them a stake in the success of the Globes."
••••The plan also needs a final sign-off from California's attorney general.
••• Under the deal, HFPA members would be paid $75,000 annually for several years, according to two members not authorized to speak publicly.
•••••• •The move comes as the embattled association has been working to reform itself and get back on track with Hollywood.
••••Last year, NBC dropped the broadcast of the 2022 Globes boycotting the organization, and studios including Netflix and WarnerMedia cut ties after a Times investigation raised questions about the group's ethical and financial lapses and revealed that not one of the then 87 members was Black.
••••Since then, the nonprofit HFPA has undertaken a series of reforms, including establishing new bylaws, banning gifts and adding 21 new members, six of whom are Black.
••• In May Pacific Coast Entertainment, a group led by former motion picture academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, made a multimillion-dollar bid to buy the Golden Globes.
••••Reaching out to HFPA members directly, the offer included paying them an annual salary of $120,000, guaranteed for five years, along with a one-time $100,000 "Pandemic Relief Grant," and establishing a $5-million-a-year endowment, according to a review by The Times.
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• 114- Actor Paul Sorvino died
•••• July 25, 2022 - Actor Paul Sorvino, who died today at 83, played a legion of mobsters throughout his five decades-long career. He is best known for his roles as Paulie Cicero in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese.
•••• Born in Brooklyn in 1939 to a mother who taught piano and father who was a foreman in a robe factory, Sorvino was musically inclined from a young age and attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York where he found his love for the theater. He made his Broadway debut in 1964 in "Bajour" and his film debut in Carl Reiner's "Where's Poppa?" in 1970.
•••• In 1991, he began a 31-episode stint on NBC's Law & Order, portraying NYPD Det. Philip Cerreta, the partner of Chris Noth's Det. Mike Logan. The character, after being wounded in the line of duty, was succeeded on the series by Jerry Orbach's Det. Lennie Briscoe.
••••He was an actor, opera singer, businessman, writer, and sculptor. He also played plenty of cops, a movie producer, a televangelist, God, a founder of the American Communist Party, an Italian fashion designer, an MLB manager, a Shakespearean lord, Henry Kissinger in OliverStone's "Nixon" and a wide array of other colorful characters.
••• His co-stars included Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Connelly, Charlton Heston, Warren Beatty (four times), James Caan (five times), Richard Gere, Robert Mitchum, Glenda Jackson, Forest Whitaker, Gena Rowlands, Rita Moreno, Alec Baldwin, Diane Keaton, Joaquin Phoenix and his own Oscar-winning daughter, Mira Sorvino.
••• Sorvino received critical praise and a Tony-nomination for his performance in Jason Miller's 1972 Broadway play "That Championship Season." He reprised his role in the 1982 feature film version that also starred Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Robert Mitchum and Martin Sheen.
••• Sorvino also had a standout supporting role in the Best Picture Oscar-nominated film "A Touch of Class," also starring Segal, and in 1981 co-starred in Warren Beatty's film, "Reds."
••• Other film credits, to name a few, "The Panic in Needle Park,"  "The Day of the Dolphin," "The Gambler" -- opposite James Caan, who also died this month -- "Cruising," Bulworth," "Romeo + Juliet," "The Cooler" and "Mambo Italiano."
•••• His many TV roles included appearances on "Moonlighting," "Murder, She Wrote," "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Elementary," "The Goldbergs" and "Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders." More recently, he played mobster Frank Costello in "Godfather of Harlem for Epix."
••• In addition to "Bajour" and "That Championship Season," Sorvino's Broadway credits include performances in "Mating Dance" (1965), "Skyscrape"r (1965), and "An American Millionaire" (1974). In 1976, he directed the short-lived Broadway play "Wheelbarrow Closers."
••• Sorvino founded the Paul Sorvino Asthma Foundation, and with wife, Emmy Award winner Dee Dee, co-authored the book "Pinot, Pasta, and Parties."
••• In addition to his wife Dee Dee, he is survived by children Mira, Amanda and Michael and 5 grandchildren.
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• 115- TCA cancels in-person Summer Press Tour
••••LOS ANGELES, CA (Television International Magazine) -- The Television Critics Association (TCA) cancels in-person aspect of the of its Summer Press Tour, originally set to start July 27 at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California.
•••• TCA is in discussions with networks to plan a virtual schedule and will share dates as soon as available. Currently, the TCA has lost nine more in-person dates on its summer press run, including; five Disney days, one Fox, one CBS/Paramount +, and a couple for PBS. Cancellation comes amid concerns over the highly transmittable BA.5 COVID variant and Los Angeles County's possible indoor mask mandate.
•••• The Television Critics Association (TCA) is a group of approximately 200 United States and Canadian television critics, journalists and columnists who cover television programming for newspapers, magazines, and web publications.
•••• The TCA accepts applications and selects members twice per year in March and September. Once selected, all members meet at The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa in Pasadena, California in January for the winter press tour, and at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills in July for the summer press tour. Winter press tour usually covers network midseason replacements, programs from streaming services and cable series which start in January, while the summer tour covers the new fall season for broadcast, streaming, and cable programming.
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• 115- The PBS Short Film Festival Presents 'Stories that Stick'
•••• Now in its 11th year, the PBS Short Film Festival is a celebration of independent films and filmmaking. Join PBS in exploring an incredible selection of captivating films about identity, society, culture, family, race, and humanity in this annual showcase of powerful and unexpected stories.
•••• The PBS Short Film Festival is part of a multiplatform initiative to increase the reach and visibility of independent filmmakers from across the country and amplify the voices of diverse content creators. Since its inception in 2012, hundreds of films celebrating love, acceptance, family, strength, equality, friendship, loyalty and more have been presented under the festival's banner.  The 2022 festival carries the tagline "Stories that Stick" to highlight the impact of powerful storytelling.
•••• Starting at midnight on Monday, July 11, audiences can watch and share all 27 films. In addition, a panel of nine jury members will select their favorite film of the festival for the Juried Prize.
•••• Jury members are respected professionals in independent film and public media and were invited by PBS to participate. Eric Gulliver, American Experience Producer; Simon Kilmurry, International Documentary Association, Executive Director; Judith Vecchione, WGBH Educational Foundation, Executive Producer; Mike Sargent, Reelworld/Nightshift, Producer/Host; Adnaan Wassey, Digital Media Executive (formerly of POV); Antonia Thornton, Firelight Media, Artist Programs Coordinator; Wendy Llinas, PBS National Programming; Jada Leng, PBS National Programming; Weenta Girmay, Firelight Media, Regional Initiatives Coordinator.
•••• Films featured in the PBS Short Film Festival have been selected and provided by 16 public media partners and PBS member stations. This year's lineup includes films from Black Public Media, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Independent Television Service (ITVS), Latino Public Broadcasting, Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), POV, Reel South, Vision Maker Media and World Channel, as well as PBS local member stations, Alabama Public Television (APTV), KLRU-TV Austin PBS, Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB), MPT Digital Studios, WKAR (Michigan State University), WMHT (New York) and WSIU (Illinois).
•••• Generating more than 12 million streams over the course of the festival's history, the Webby Award-winning PBS Short Film Festival continues to be an engaging annual digital event.
•••• This Year's Award
A distinguished panel of nine jury members will select their favorite film of the festival for the "Juried Prize." Meet the jury
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• 39th Munich Film Festival opens for 10-day celebration of movies
•••• Under the slogan "Unleashed" the 39th Munich Film Festival opened Thursday evening (June 23) at the Isarphilharmonie concert hall to kick off 10 days of screenings at indoor and outdoor venues around the Bavarian capital. Munich's largest concert hall was converted into Munich's largest cinema hall for the film festival.
•••• The opening film was the historical drama "Corsage" by director Marie Kreutzer (44) with actress Vicky Krieps (38) as Empress Elisabeth "Sisi" of Austria (1837-1898). The strip had its world premiere at the film festival in Cannes, southern France, and leading actress Krieps was awarded the actor's prize in the "Un Certain Regard" section.
•••• The Munich Film Festival opened with a red carpet and a big party -- at which the war in Ukraine was not forgotten.•Actress Uschi Glas spoke of a bad conscience about going out to party. The time is difficult, "the war is a catastrophe."
•••• This topic was also addressed by Munich's second mayor Katrin Habenschaden in her opening speech: "How much cinematic escapism can you afford when hell on earth is raging just a two-hour flight away?" she asked. Her answer: "The power that art can develop also influences our society. We cannot overestimate that." In his speech at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival in May, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy explained what the film, the big screen, could achieve: "He said: 'If there is another dictator, if there's another war of liberation, then it all depends on our solidarity again. We need a new Charlie Chaplin which proves that cinema is not silent these days.'" With this he skilfully made the connection from Chaplin's film "The Great Dictator (1940) to the political function of the film.
•••• Several hundred screenings are scheduled at about a dozen indoor and outdoor venues around the city, with the fest to wrap up on July 2 with the awarding of the top prizes in several categories for both international and German film productions.
•••• The main interest for many film fans will be focused on three competitions: the 50,000 Euros ($52,300) CineMasters for best international film, which has 10 entries, the 15,000 Euros CineVision for the best newcomer director, and a new prize, the 10,000 Euros CineRebels.
•••• This year's festival is to pay special tribute to two women. German director Doris Doerrie will be honoured with a retrospective show of her several decades of filmmaking, while the CineMerit lifetime achievement award will be presented to Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher.
•••• With war going on in Ukraine, the Munich festival will also be screening films by Ukrainian and Russian directors focusing on issues of war, survival and totalitarianism.
•••• Another topical theme concerns the 50th anniversary of the terrorism-stricken 1972 Munich Olympics, with a film "Champagne for the Eyes -- Poison for the Rest" by German director Klaus Lemke depicting the lifestyle of Munich in the 1970s.
•••• Regarding the terrorist attack on the Munich games, the Munich Film Festival and Bavarian broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk will be dedicating an entire evening to the theme directly after the festival in the open-air cinema located on the Olympic Lake.
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• Historical drama CORSAGE opens FILMFEST MÜNCHEN

To celebrate in a fitting manner, the opening ceremony of the 39th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN was held in the beautiful new concert hall recently opened by the city of Munich: the Isarphilharmonie at the Gasteig HP8. This modern concert hall, built onto an industrial heritage site, provides just the right atmosphere for the majestic opening film. Marie Kreutzer's CORSAGE has Vicky Krieps step into the iconic role of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in a completely new guise. Kreutzer paints a completely new picture of a woman who was literally and socially corseted by royal constraints, prevailing standards of beauty, and her own wardrobe.
•••• Kreutzer is obviously making a case for Sissi as a woman comprehensively stymied by the combined forces of patriarchy and court protocol, but she is not the kind of filmmaker to avoid unpleasant truths. Her Sissi is a textbook narcissist.
•••• Inaugurated in 1983 and with some 200 showings every year, the Munich Film Festival is Germany's second biggest film festival after Berlin. With over a million films admitted since the festivals beginning, this event is certainly one of the most important for the film industry in Germany. Major productions, indie documentaries, and short films all find an audience in one of Munich's many theaters. All films are shown in the original language, often with German or English subtitles. There is usually an impressive lineup of live guests from the movie industry as well. The theaters are mostly within a 15-minute walk from each other, and public transportation can bring you there easily. Some of the venues for previous years include the Filmmuseum, Gasteig Kulturzentrum, Rio Filmpalast, Filmtheater Sendlinger Tor, City-Atelier Kinos and Gloria Palast am Stachus.
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• 115- CORSAGE premiers at Cannes.
CANNES - With a new empress Elisabeth, CORSAGE celebrates a world premier at Cannes' Un Certain Regard and earned unanimous praise and was circled by several distributors.
•••• IFC Films has acquired North American rights to "Corsage," Marie Kreutzer's bold costume drama starring Vicky Krieps as the Empress Elisabeth of Austria known as Sissi. In the 1950s she has captured the hearts of the public ever since she was immortalized by actress Romy Schneider in a "Sissi" trilogy.
•• Free of "Kitsch" Marie Kreutzer (Direction and script) shows a completely new picture of said empress Elisabeht who as "Sisi" became an ikone and who now in CORSAGE not only can be seen in a new light but is freed.

•••Vicky Krieps as empress Elisabeth. © Ricardo Vaz Palma / Alamode France

"Corsage" centers on Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the monarch idolized for her beauty and inspiring fashion trends. Sissi was a Bavarian princess, who married the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I when she was 16 and was on the throne for 44 years. Kreutzer's script focuses on just one of those years:
•••• Christmas 1877: It's the 40th birthday of empress Elisabeth of Austria (Vicky Krieps). In her performative role on the side of her husband emperor Franz Joseph (Florian Teichtmeister) she may not opine her thoughts on matters of state but must always stay the young empress. To stay true to this expectation, she keeps a rigid plan of fasting, sport, combing her hair and daily cinching her famed 19.5" waist. But Elisabeth is curious, and with a zest for live, whose opposition to the oversized image of herself grows and who does not want to live trapped in a royal corset any longer. The "corsage" of the title doesn't refer to flowers on a dress, but the corset that squeezes Elisabeth's rib cage tighter and tighter. Her hunger for knowledge and adventerous life makes her more and more restless in Vienna.
•••20 years after the film is set, the empress was, in fact, assassinated in Switzerland by an Italian anarchist in 1898. Given the character's penchant for dangerous sports and constant starvation, privilege, frustration and, trying to hold on to her sanity it comes as a surprise to learn that Corsage gives her a different end.
•••• "Corsage" was produced by A Film AG production, in co-production with Samsa Film, Komplizen Film, Kazak Productions, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, ZDF/ARTE, ARTE France Cinéma.
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• 108- CAA acquires rival ICM in landmark talent agency deal
•••• Creative Artists Agency bought ICM Partners in a landmark deal that could transform Hollywood representation. The deal reduces the number of top agencies to three dominant players: CAA, WME and United Talent Agency.
•••• The deal is the industry's largest acquisition since the William Morris Agency merged with Endeavor in 2009, essentially turning Hollywood into a two-agency town.
••••Although financial terms were not disclosed, the acquisition was valued at $750 million, resulting in a pro-forma enterprise valuation of $5 billion for the enlarged agency.
•••• CAA and ICM combined will have more than 3,200 employees across 25 countries. The deal's closing will leave behind only a handful of power players. Endeavor, the industry's largest, went public last year and is valued at around $9.8 billion. United Talent Agency trails behind both firms.
•••• Apple, Amazon and Netflix have muscled in on Hollywood in recent years, and traditional media companies like Disney and Discovery have joined the race. The growing power of these firms and the economics of streaming have changed the way actors are paid, and made it harder to bargain on their behalf. That has made it tougher for a smaller agency like ICM to compete.
••••The CAA takeover was first announced in September but the deal had to be delayed due to increased scrutiny clearing a regulatory review by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission as the industry experiences a wave of deal-making and M&A fervor rages in Hollywood.
•••• The pairing will mean significant jobs losses at ICM. Of the 425 employees that CAA would have taken on as part of the deal, some will have to be cut.
••••CAA's acquisition of its smaller rival is part of a wider consolidation that is reshaping Hollywood as media companies boost their film and TV offerings for streaming platforms. It comes at a time of rapid changes in the talent representation industry, where power has shifted away from A-list actors and directors toward creators of content such as writers and producers.
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•113- British government approves Julian Assange's Extradition to US (AP)
LONDON -- June 17, 2022. The British government on Friday has ordered the extradition of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US, to face spying charges, by his website's publication of classified U.S. documents.
•••••WikiLeaks immediately released a statement to say it would appeal against the decision. "Today is not the end of the fight," it said. "It is only the beginning of a new legal battle. We will appeal through the legal system; the next appeal will be before the high court." Assange's lawyers have 14 days to file the appeal.
••••• The case passed to the British home secretary last month after the UK supreme court ruled that there were no legal questions over assurances given by US authorities on Assange's likely treatment.
••••• Assange's wife, Stella Assange, a lawyer who married her husband in a prison ceremony in March, said the U.K. decision marked "a dark day for press freedom and for British democracy." "We're not at the end of the road here," and "We're going to fight this."
••••• "Julian did nothing wrong," she said. "He has committed no crime and is not a criminal. He is a journalist and a publisher, and he is being punished for doing his job."
••••• The statement said anyone who cared about freedom of expression should be "deeply ashamed".
••••• Julian Assange has battled in British courts for years to avoid being sent to the U.S., where he faces 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse.
••••• The saga was triggered in 2010 when WikiLeaks published a series of leaks provided by the then US army soldier Chelsea Manning, as well as a dump of more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables, some of which were published in the Guardian and elsewhere, containing classified diplomatic analysis from world leaders. The US government launched a criminal investigation into the leak
••••• Also in 2010, an arrest warrant for Assange was issued for two separate sexual assault allegations in Sweden. The UK ruled that he should be extradited to Sweden. This prompted him to enter the Ecuadorian embassy in London in August 2012, claiming political asylum. He feared that if he was extradited to Sweden he would in turn be extradited to the US.
••••• Assange finally left the embassy in 2019. He was arrested in the UK for skipping bail and ultimately jailed, then extradition proceedings to the US were started against him.
•••• American prosecutors say the Australian citizen helped U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal classified diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk.
••••• To his supporters, Assange, 50, is a secrecy-breaking journalist who exposed U.S. military wrongdoing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
••••• A British court ruled in April that Assange could be sent to face trial in the U.S., sending the case to the U.K. government for a decision. Britain's interior minister, Home Secretary Priti Patel, signed the order authorizing Assange's extradition.
••••• The Home Office said in a statement that the government had to approve his move to the U.S. because "the U.K. courts have not found that it would be oppressive, unjust or an abuse of process to extradite Mr. Assange."
••••• Barry Pollack, Assange's U.S. lawyer, said it was "disappointing news that should concern anyone who cares about the First Amendment and the right to publish."
••••• Assange's lawyers said they would mount a new legal challenge, and legal experts say the case could take months or even years more to conclude.
•••• "We will appeal this all the way, if necessary to the European Court of Human Rights," Assange attorney Jennifer Robinson said.
•••• Robinson asked U.S. President Joe Biden to drop the charges brought against Assange during Donald Trump's presidency, arguing they posed a "grave threat" to free speech. Assange's father, John Shipton, also urged the U.S. to drop the prosecution.
••••• Assange's supporters and lawyers maintain he was acting as a journalist and is entitled to First Amendment protections of freedom of speech. They argue that the case is politically motivated, that he would face inhumane treatment and be unable to get a fair trial in the U.S.
••••• Journalism organizations and human rights groups had called on Britain to refuse the extradition request. Assange's lawyers say he could face up to 175 years in jail if he is convicted in the U.S., though American authorities have said any sentence is likely to be much lower than that.
••••• Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard said Friday that extraditing Assange "would put him at great risk and sends a chilling message to journalists the world over."
••••Assange remains in London's high-security Belmarsh Prison, where he has been since he was arrested in 2019 for skipping bail during a separate legal battle.
••••• Assange's supporters say his physical and mental health are both under strain. Stella Assange told a news conference that her husband's condition was "deteriorating by the day."
Associated Press writers Eric Tucker in Washington and Bobby Caina Calvan in New York contributed.
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• 102- When Podcasting Collides with Commercialization - AmplifyNABshow-Adrian Pennington
•••• Fans of the hugely popular Kermode and Mayo's Film Review podcast have had to scramble in recent weeks as the pair decided to leave the BBC and set up shop at Sony.
•••• The show started 21 years ago and was reformatted into a podcast a decade ago, attracting millions of listeners to become the nation's most influential film review. While the BBC is hardly a small player in media, it nurtured the show to success but couldn't afford to keep its stars in the fold when Sony came calling.
READ MORE: Kermode and Mayo: 'The BBC don't do plush &endash; nor should they' (MSN)
•••• This is one example of a wider trend in which podcasts are becoming commercialized, corporatized, and centralized, threatening the grassroots origins of the medium.
•••• Podcasting is big business. Recent reports from the IAB calculate revenues in excess of $1 billion this year, growing to more than $4 billion in just two years' time.
•••• "Grassroots podcasting will soon find itself competing with the professionalized, platform-dominated version of the medium that's hit-driven and slickly produced, with cross-media tie-ins and big budgets," comments an article from The Conversation's John Sullivan, who examines how corporate takeovers are fundamentally changing podcasts.
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• 102- NAB AMPLIFY inspires global media
NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND are 25 of the most popular sessions from this year's NAB 2022 Show conference program.
•••• Catch up or re-watch any of these themed tracks--each collection contains five highly informative, curated sessions for a view into the conversations that could only happen at NAB Show.
•••• Access passes are $50 per collection. That's only $10 per session!

• CREATIVE WORKFLOWS
• FUTURE OF CONTENT DELIVERY
• FUTURE OF TV
• WEB3 AND THE METAVERSE
• VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
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• 115- Emmy Nominations 2022 announced.
••••This year's Emmy Award nominees were announced on Tuesday, with "Succession," "Ted Lasso" and "The White Lotus" earning the most nominations. "Squid Game" earned 14 nods, the most ever for a foreign-language show.
•••• The 74th Emmy Awards will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sept. 12 on NBC and will stream live for the first time on Peacock.

©	•Emmy Nominations 2022 Complete List	®	•Emmy Nominations 2022 Complete List	®
	Outstanding Drama Series Better Call Saul Euphoria Ozark Severance Squid Game Stranger Things Succession Yellowjackets Outstanding Comedy Series Abbott Elementary Barry Curb Your Enthusiasm Hacks The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Only Murders in the Building Ted Lasso What We Do in the Shadows Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Jason Bateman, Ozark Brian Cox, Succession Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul Adam Scott, Severance Jeremy Strong, Succession   Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Jodie Comer, Killing Eve Laura Linney, Ozark Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets Sandra Oh, Killing Eve Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show Zendaya, Euphoria Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant Elle Fanning, The Great Issa Rae, Insecure Jean Smart, Hacks Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Donald Glover, Atlanta Bill Hader, Barry Nicholas Hoult, The Great Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Patricia Arquette, Severance Julia Garner, Ozark Jung Ho-yeon, Squid Game Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets J. Smith Cameron, Succession Sarah Snook, Succession Sydney Sweeney, Euphoria Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nicholas Braun, Succession Billy Crudup, The Morning Show Kieran Culkin, Succession Park Hae-soo, Squid Game Matthew Macfayden, Succession John Turturro, Severance Christopher Walken, Severance Oh Yeong-su, Squid Game Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Hannah Einbinder, Hacks Janelle James, Abbott Elementary Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live Sarah Niles, Ted Lasso Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary Juno Temple, Ted Lasso Hannah Waddington, Ted Lasso Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Anthony Carrigan, Barry Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso Toheeb Jimoh, Ted Lasso Nick Mohammed, Ted Lasso Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary Henry Winkler, Barry Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series Dopesick, Hulu The Dropout, Hulu Inventing Anna, Netflix Pam & Tommy, Hulu The White Lotus, HBO Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Colin Firth, The Staircase Andrew Garfield, Under the Banner of Heaven Oscar Isaac, Scenes from a Marriage Michael Keaton, Dopesick Himesh Patel, Station Eleven Sebastian Stan, Pam & Tommy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Toni Collette, The Staircase Julia Garner, Inventing Anna Lily James, Pam & Tommy Sarah Paulson, Impeachment: American Crime Story Margaret Qualley, Maid Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Connie Britton, The White Lotus Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus Alexandra Daddario, The White Lotus Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick Natasha Rothwell, The White Lotus Sydney Sweeney, The White Lotus Mare Winningham, Dopesick Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus Jake Lacy, The White Lotus Will Poulter, Dopesick Seth Rogen, Pam & Tommy Peter Sarsgaard, Dopesick Michael Stuhlbarg, Dopesick Steve Zahn, The White Lotus   Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Adrien Brody, Succession James Cromwell, Succession Colman Domingo, Euphoria Arian Moayed, Succession Tom Pelphrey, Ozark Alexander Skarsgard, Succession Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Hope Davis, Succession Marcia Gay Harden, The Morning Show Martha Kelly, Euphoria Sanaa Lathan, Succession Harriet Walter, Succession Lee You-mi, Squid Game Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Jane Adams, Hacks Harriet Sansom Harris, Hacks Jane Lynch, Only Murders in the Building Laurie Metcalf, Hacks Kaitlin Olson, Hacks Harriet Walter, Ted Lasso Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Jerrod Carmichael, Saturday Night Live Bill Hader, Curb Your Enthusiasm James Lance, Ted Lasso Nathan Lane, Only Murders in the Building Christopher McDonald, Hacks Sam Richardson, Ted Lasso Outstanding Television Movie Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers Ray Donovan: The Movie Reno 911: The Hunt for QAnon The Survivor Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas Outstanding Competition Program The Amazing Race Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls Nailed It! RuPaul's Drag Race Top Chef The Voice Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Making It Nicole Byer, Nailed It! Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O'Leary, Shark Tank Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race Outstanding Variety Talk Series The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Jimmy Kimmel Live Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Late Night with Seth Meyers The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Outstanding Variety Sketch Series A Black Lady Sketch Show Saturday Night Live Outstanding Variety Special (Live) The 64th Annual Grammy Awards Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes The Oscars Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent Tony Awards Presents: Broadway's Back! Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-recorded) Adele: One Night Only Dave Chappelle: The Closer Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman The Problem with Jon Stewart Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy VICE The World According to Jeff Goldblum

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• The 74th Emmys to be annunced July 12
LOS ANGELES -June 7, 2022 -- The Television Academy today announced 121 nominations in 35 categories for the 74th Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards, to be presented Saturday evening, July 23, 2022, at the Television Academy's campus in the NoHo Arts District in Los Angeles.
•••• The official Emmy Awards nominations will be announced on July 12.
•••• The nomination round of voting runs from June 16 to June 27. For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, the TV Academy will bring back Governors Balls to celebrate after the Creative Arts and Primetime Emmys ceremonies. The Academy scrapped the events in 2020 and 2021 due to the safety concerns.
•••••A handful of minor rule changes for 2022 have been announced, including eliminating the program time length for comedy and drama series and further defining what a "limited series" is. It also partnered with the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to announce a realignment of some series eligibility -- moving to more genre, rather than daypart, distinctions.
•••• The Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards honor locally produced programs in the categories of Crime and Social Issues, Culture and History, the Arts, Human Interest, Sports, the Environment, and Live and Breaking News Coverage.
•••• A complete list of the nominations, are tabulated by the Academy's accounting firm Ernst & Young The nominations are listed alphabetically by program within each category.
•••• Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh and Stephanie Hampton are the Los Angeles Area Governors.
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• The 74th Emmys to be annunced July 12
LOS ANGELES -June 7, 2022 -- The Television Academy today announced 121 nominations in 35 categories for the 74th Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards, to be presented Saturday evening, July 23, 2022, at the Television Academy's campus in the NoHo Arts District in Los Angeles.
•••• The official Emmy Awards nominations will be announced on July 12.
•••• The nomination round of voting runs from June 16 to June 27. For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, the TV Academy will bring back Governors Balls to celebrate after the Creative Arts and Primetime Emmys ceremonies. The Academy scrapped the events in 2020 and 2021 due to the safety concerns.
•••••A handful of minor rule changes for 2022 have been announced, including eliminating the program time length for comedy and drama series and further defining what a "limited series" is. It also partnered with the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to announce a realignment of some series eligibility -- moving to more genre, rather than daypart, distinctions.
•••• The Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards honor locally produced programs in the categories of Crime and Social Issues, Culture and History, the Arts, Human Interest, Sports, the Environment, and Live and Breaking News Coverage.
•••• A complete list of the nominations, are tabulated by the Academy's accounting firm Ernst & Young The nominations are listed alphabetically by program within each category.
•••• Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh and Stephanie Hampton are the Los Angeles Area Governors.
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• 108- Warner film chief Toby Emmerich will steps down
Former MGM Film Executives Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy Named New Co-Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers of Warner Bros. Pictures Group
Under New Strategy Warner Bros. Studios Will Be Broken Out Into Three Distinct Businesses 
BURBANK, CA -- June 1, 2022 -- Warner Bros. film chief Toby Emmerich, will step down from his job running one of Hollywood's biggest movie studios in a major shakeup following the company's recent merger with Discovery. Emmerich, a 30-year veteran of the company who most recently served as chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, will take on a production deal with the studio. He well launch his own production company focused on film, television and streaming. Warner Bros Discovery will finance Emmerich's firm and have distribution rights to its films and shows under a five-year deal.
••• Industry veterans and former MGM film executives Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy have been appointed co-chairpersons and CEOs of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which currently includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, DC-Based Film Production, and Warner Bros. Feature Animation. 
•••• Most recently, De Luca and Abdy led MGM Studios as motion picture group chairman and president, respectively, since 2020. They are stepping down following Amazon's $8.5 billion deal to acquire MGM and will join Warner Bros. Discovery this summer after a period of transition.
•••• During the pair's tenure, MGM released such hit films as Oscar-nominated "House of Gucci," Best Picture Academy Award nominee "Licorice Pizza," and the James Bond franchise's Oscar-winning "No Time To Die." Throughout his 30-year career in the film business, De Luca has been responsible for an impressive portfolio of films, including: "Reminiscence," "Captain Phillips," "Moneyball," "The Social Network," "Boogie Nights," "Blade" and "The Mask." He also produced the $1.3 billion grossing "Fifty Shades of Grey" franchise. He is a former president of production at both New Line Cinema and DreamWorks.
•••• Abdy served previously as a Partner and Head of Film at Makeready, where she produced "Queen & Slim" and "A Million Little Pieces." Prior to that, she served as President of Production at New Regency, which released the Academy Award-winning "Birdman," "Gone Girl," Oscar-winner "The Big Short," and "The Revenant," which received 12 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, and two Golden Globe awards for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Actor. Before joining New Regency, Abdy was the president of Scott Stuber's Bluegrass Films.
•••• De Luca and Abdy follow longtime studio executive Toby Emmerich who is stepping down as chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Emmerich has led the film studio division since 2017, previously serving as President and Chief Content Officer, and before that as President and Chief Operating Officer of New Line Cinema. He is a 30-year veteran of Warner Bros. having joined the company in 1992 as a dual development and music executive. 
•••• An accomplished screenwriter and producer, Emmerich is launching a new production company at the Warner Bros. studio, focused on film, television and streaming. As part of an exclusive 5-year agreement, Warner Bros. Discovery will finance Emmerich's venture and have distribution rights to films and series.
•••• Under Emmerich's leadership, Warner Bros. Pictures Group had its most successful year ever in 2018, with a global box office of $5.57 billion. This success was fueled by a diverse lineup of hit films, including "Aquaman"-- the most successful DC Superhero film ever and Warner Bros.' second-biggest title of all time, "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald," "Ready Player One," "The Meg," "Rampage," "A Star is Born," "The Nun," and "Crazy Rich Asians." In 2019, the Studio released the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, DC's "Joker," which earned $1.08 billion at the global box office and won two Academy Awards, as well as the hugely successful horror sequel "IT Chapter Two."
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• 115- Nominations for the New German Cinema Award 2022 announced
MUNICH -- The nominees for the New German Cinema sponsorship award donated by Bavaria Film, DZ Bank and BR in the categories directing, producing, screenplay and acting have been chosen. For the first time, the winner in the Best Screenplay category will also be able to take part in a newly created mentoring program.
• The New German Cinema Sponsorship prize is one of the most desired recognition for young Germans working in the film industry and is endowed with a total of 70,000 euros. The best newcomer performances in the feature films in the New German Cinema series at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN are honored. All directors, producers, screenwriters and actors whose feature films have been selected for the Neues Deutsches Kino series are eligible to compete for the sponsorship award, provided that it is their first, second or third - in the case of producers at most the sixth - full-length feature film.
•••• This year, talents from thirteen films celebrating their world premiere at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN meet these criteria. The award categories are endowed as follows: Best Director (EUR 30,000), Best Producer (EUR 20,000), Best Screenplay (EUR 10,000) and Best Actor (EUR 10,000). A three-person jury decides on the award -- this year Almila Bagriacik (actress), Ingo Fliess (producer) and Sönke Wortmann (director/producer). The award ceremony will take place on the evening of July 1st at the HFF -- Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (by invitation).
•••• A significant innovation from 2022: In the Best Screenplay category, the winner will receive not only the prize money but also access to a newly created mentoring program, which will provide advice and support for the next screenplay and project development by an experienced Producer includes - possibly with the option of sharing the development costs.
•••• Since its introduction in 1989 - at that time still as a director's sponsorship award - the New German Cinema sponsorship award has marked the starting signal for many remarkable careers, for example for the directors Jan-Ole Gerster ("Oh Boy"), Jakob Lass ("Love Steaks") or the Actress Vicky Krieps ("The Maid Lynn").
•••• "Promoting young talent is a matter close to our hearts. With this additional offer, we want to open up new creative spaces and enable projects," ays Marcus Ammon, Managing Director of Content at Bavaria Fiction.
•••• All directors, producers, screenwriters and actors whose feature film has been selected for the New German Cinema series are automatically in competition for the award, provided it is their first, second or third feature film. For producers, it can be no more than the sixth film. A three-person jury decides on the awards.
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Memorial Day

TVI's Gary Sunkin poses with Flag at Forest Lawn
Photo By: Nicolai Roska

What we now refer to as Memorial Day began as Decoration Day just after the Civil War in 1868. It was established as a day to remember the war dead by decorating their graves with flowers. The North and The South originally observed Decoration Day on different days until the mid-20th century when the last Monday of the month was chosen to honor all Americans who died while serving in the military.

Flag etiquette: On Memorial Day, the flag of the United States is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then solemnly lowered to the half-staff position, where it remains only until noon. It is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day.

National Moment of Remembrance: In 2000, Congress passed the National Moment of Remembrance Act, asking people to stop and remember at 3:00 pm.

• General Colin L. Powell remembrance at National
Memorial Day Concert

WASHINGTON, DC -- PBS will be broadcasting the 2022 National Memorial Day Concert live from 8-9:30 p.m. ET, on Sunday. PBS stations from around the country will be carrying the 90-minute concert, which will also be streamed and shown on YouTube, starting at 8 p.m.

PBS will broadcast the National Memorial Day Concert live from Washington, D.C. on Sunday m 8-9:30 p.m. ET. This will be the 33rd year the annual all-star event honors the men and women who served in the U.S. armed forces, as well as their families and those who sacrificed their lives for their country.

Emmy Award-winner Gary Sinis and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna, who have dedicated themselves to supporting the troops and veterans' causes, will be hosting once again. The concert will also feature special appearances and performances by Jean Smart, Gil Birmingham, Mary McCormack, Dennis Haysbert, Lea Salonga, Norm Lewis, Craig Morgan, Rhiannon Giddens, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Pia Toscano with the National Symphony Orchestra.

This year's concert will include the following specially themed segments:

• Gen. Colin L. Powell Remembrance - Dennis Haysbert of "24" and "Major League" honors the memory of the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 65th U.S. Secretary of State.

• Generations of Service - Gil Birmingham of "Yellowstone" and "Wind River" will perform a tribute to the over 58,000 Americans who lost their lives in the Vietnam War and those who served during the Vietnam era.

• Honoring Gold Star Families - Jean Smart of "Hacks" and "Mare of Easttown" joins Joe Mantegna in sharing the inspiring story of retired Maj. Gen. Mark Graham and his wife Carol, who lost both their sons, 2nd Lt. Jeff Graham and Senior ROTC Cadet Kevin Graham, to an IED and depression, respectively, in under eight months.

• Women in WWII Tribute - Mary McCormack of "Heels" and "West Wing" honors the women in uniform and those who served on the home front during World War II.

• Medal of Honor Tribute - Gary Sinese will be joined by Medal of Honor recipients in this tribute to those who received the nation's highest award for valor in combat.

• Lincoln Memorial 100th Anniversary - The concert will mark the 100th anniversary of the monument dedicated to President Lincoln.

This year's National Memorial Concert will also feature performances by musical groups from the Military District of Washington, D.C., including the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, The U.S. Army Chorus, The Soldiers' Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band, The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters, The U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants, the Armed Forces Color Guard and Service Color Teams.
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• 115- CORSAGE opens FILMFEST MÜNCHEN

To celebrate in a fitting manner, the opening ceremony of the 39th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN was held in the beautiful new concert hall recently opened by the city of Munich: the Isarphilharmonie at the Gasteig HP8. This modern concert hall, built onto an industrial heritage site, provides just the right atmosphere for the majestic opening film. Marie Kreutzer's CORSAGE has Vicky Krieps step into the iconic role of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in a completely new guise. Kreutzer paints a completely new picture of a woman who was literally and socially corseted by royal constraints, prevailing standards of beauty, and her own wardrobe.
•••• Kreutzer is obviously making a case for Sissi as a woman comprehensively stymied by the combined forces of patriarchy and court protocol, but she is not the kind of filmmaker to avoid unpleasant truths. Her Sissi is a textbook narcissist.
•••• 39th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN takes place June 23 to July 2, 2022 -
•••• Inaugurated in 1983 and with some 200 showings every year, the Munich Film Festival is Germany's second biggest film festival after Berlin. With over a million films admitted since the festivals beginning, this event is certainly one of the most important for the film industry in Germany. Major productions, indie documentaries, and short films all find an audience in one of Munich's many theaters. All films are shown in the original language, often with German or English subtitles. There is usually an impressive lineup of live guests from the movie industry as well. The theaters are mostly within a 15-minute walk from each other, and public transportation can bring you there easily. Some of the venues for previous years include the Filmmuseum, Gasteig Kulturzentrum, Rio Filmpalast, Filmtheater Sendlinger Tor, City-Atelier Kinos and Gloria Palast am Stachus.
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• 115- CORSAGE premiers at Cannes.
CANNES - With a new empress Elisabeth, CORSAGE celebrates a world premier at Cannes' Un Certain Regard and earned unanimous praise and was circled by several distributors.
•••• IFC Films has acquired North American rights to "Corsage," Marie Kreutzer's bold costume drama starring Vicky Krieps as the Empress Elisabeth of Austria known as Sissi. In the 1950s she has captured the hearts of the public ever since she was immortalized by actress Romy Schneider in a "Sissi" trilogy.
•• Free of "Kitsch" Marie Kreutzer (Direction and script) shows a completely new picture of said empress Elisabeht who as "Sisi" became an ikone and who now in CORSAGE not only can be seen in a new light but is freed.

•••Vicky Krieps as empress Elisabeth. © Ricardo Vaz Palma / Alamode France

"Corsage" centers on Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the monarch idolized for her beauty and inspiring fashion trends. Sissi was a Bavarian princess, who married the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I when she was 16 and was on the throne for 44 years. Kreutzer's script focuses on just one of those years:
•••• Christmas 1877: It's the 40th birthday of empress Elisabeth of Austria (Vicky Krieps). In her performative role on the side of her husband emperor Franz Joseph (Florian Teichtmeister) she may not opine her thoughts on matters of state but must always stay the young empress. To stay true to this expectation, she keeps a rigid plan of fasting, sport, combing her hair and daily cinching her famed 19.5" waist. But Elisabeth is curious, and with a zest for live, whose opposition to the oversized image of herself grows and who does not want to live trapped in a royal corset any longer. The "corsage" of the title doesn't refer to flowers on a dress, but the corset that squeezes Elisabeth's rib cage tighter and tighter. Her hunger for knowledge and adventerous life makes her more and more restless in Vienna.
•••• 20 years after the film is set, the empress was, in fact, assassinated in Switzerland by an Italian anarchist in 1898. Given the character's penchant for dangerous sports and constant starvation, privilege, frustration and, trying to hold on to her sanity it comes as a surprise to learn that Corsage gives her a different end.
•••• "Corsage" was produced by A Film AG production, in co-production with Samsa Film, Komplizen Film, Kazak Productions, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, ZDF/ARTE, ARTE France Cinéma.
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• 115- The Cannes Film Festival celebrates its 75th edition on May 17 - 28 at the Palais de Festival.
•••• After partnering with France Télévisions & Brut., the Festival de Cannes is thrilled to welcome BMW and Campari which, alongside its long-standing partners, will be instrumental in promoting the event's continued influence.
•••• As the most important cultural event in the world, the Festival de Cannes is the ultimate place where film lovers meet up every year. Supporting this event dedicated to all kinds of films is about helping both established and budding talents expand their influence internationally, turning the spotlight on the films of yesterday and those of tomorrow, encouraging meetings that will allow films to come to life in the most beautiful setting -- the silver screen -- and that of the Palais des Festivals is named Lumière!
•••• In 2022, BMW joins the Festival de Cannes as the official automotive partner to provide a fleet of fully electric and hybrid cars exclusively, in line with the environmental policy we initiated in 2019.
•••• Campari will be on the Croisette and alongside the Festival for the first time. In 2022, they will open an exclusive reception venue, specially built for the occasion.
•••• Just as a reminder, with France Télévisions' multiple outlets and Brut. being established in over 80 countries, our new media partners will provide far-reaching, unprecedented coverage both in France and internationally.
•••• As a new chapter is about to be written in the history of the Festival for its 75th edition, we would like to say how thrilled and proud we are that all of our partners, suppliers and sponsors have come forward in 2022 &endash; and to extend our heartfelt thanks to them for their invaluable, unwavering support.
•••• We will see you all mid-April for the press conference to announce the 2022 Selection and on the Croisette from May 17 to 28 to celebrate with us the 75th Festival de Cannes.
•••• « At a time when the world is going through a difficult period, with the cultural industries having been hit particularly hard, we are extremely proud and happy that such exclusive, complementary brands and institutions have supported us for a great many years. Their commitment held fast, intensified and was even maintained over time, regardless of the economic situation we're in. For that matter, we wished to congratulate our long-standing partners Chopard and L'Oréal Paris, as they will celebrate their 25-year continued support of the Festival during the upcoming edition. »
Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival de Cannes
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Jury of Un Certain Regard at the 75th Festival de Cannes
Valeria Golino - President, Director, actress, producer,
Italy

Debra Granik, Director, United States

Joanna Kulig
Actress, Poland

Benjamin Biolay
Singer-songwriter, producer, actor,France

Édgar Ramírez
Actor, producer
Venezuela

Following British filmmaker Andrea Arnold, Valeria Golino will be the President of the Jury of Un Certain Regard at the 75th Festival de Cannes. Along with 4 members from Poland (actress Joanna Kulig), Venezuela (actor Édgar Ramírez), the United States (director Debra Granik), and France (singer-songwriter and actor Benjamin Biolay), she will select the winners of this section which celebrates young, auteur and revelation films.
•••• Un Certain Regard will feature 20 films this year, including 8 first films and 9 films by female directors, just as Maryland by Alice Winocour, Montparnasse Bienvenue by Léonor Serraille who won the Caméra d'or and whose new film is in competition, A Brother's love by Monia Chokri and Good Mother by Hafsia Herzi in 2021. Last year's winner of Un Certain Regard was Russian filmmaker Kira Kovalenko's Unclenching the fists.
••••I have been to Cannes so many times, as an actress, as a director, in different selections... It is the event of the month of May. It's a party, where you reconnect with friends. But it's also the occasion to reflect: What path did I take? What have others done? What does the cinema say that is universal, inherent to all times and all countries? It is all the more intense within a Jury, where we will feel, think and share together. In this world full of sound and fury, I am happy and honored to be here to help, perhaps, filmmakers to emerge. Valeria Golino, Jury President of Un Certain Regard
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• 115- Activist crashes red carpet at Cannes Film Festival to protest Ukraine sexual violence
•••• Cannes -- A woman crashed the Cannes Film Festival red carpet premiere of George Miller's "Three Thousand Years of Longing" on Friday and stripped off her clothes in protest of sexual violence in Ukraine.
•••• "Stop raping us," read a message written across the unidentified woman's topless torso covered in yellow and blue paint, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. The lower half of her body was covered in red paint.
•••• The protester also had the word "scum" written on her lower back, which coincides with the name of a French collective of radical feminists.
•••• After storming the Cannes red carpet, security authorities rushed toward the half-naked activist, covered her with a coat and attempted to block some cameras from filming.
•••• She yelled "Don't rape us!" as she was taken off the red carpet.
•••• No immediate comment on the incident from representatives for the festival.
•••• Russia's war in Ukraine has often been in the spotlight at this year's Cannes festival, which is screening several films from Ukrainian filmmakers.
•••• The festival barred Russians with ties to the Kremlin from attending.
•••• The issue of Russia's place in the film industry, and of the role of entertainment during a war, continues to dominated the opening days of the festival, taking its cue from the speech that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivered at the festival by screen on Tuesday.
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• 115-The Weeknd, Doja Cat and Olivia Rodrigo lead as BBMA's finalists
•••••• On Sunday, May 15, the 2022 Billboard Music Awards show will air live at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and on Peacock from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, hosted by Sean "Diddy" Combs following Nick Jonas who hosted last year. Diddy Combs, will serve also as an executive producer.
•••• For nearly 30 years, the BBMAs has celebrated music's greatest achievements, honoring the hottest names in music today. Unique among music awards shows, finalists are determined by performance on the Billboard Charts based off of chart data from April 10, 2021 to May 26, 2022 including song sales, streaming and social engagement.
••• The Weeknd leads as a nominee in 17 categories. Meanwhile, Doja Cat is leading the female nominees with 14 categories and Olivia Rodrigo with 13 as a first-time finalist.
••• Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Drake are also finalists in several categories this year. Drake currently is the most decorated artist at the award show with 29 wins -- though Swift could surpass his record if she wins at least five of her categories.
••• This year, five new categories were introduced to the award show called Top Billboard Global 200 Artist, Top Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Artist, Top Billboard Global 200 Song, and Top Billboard Global Excl U.S. Song.
•••• Becky G, Ed Sheeran, Elle King, Miranda Lambert and Travis Scott are set to hit the award show stage, along with Morgan Wallen, Florence + the Machine, Maxwell and Silk Sonic.
•••• The Red Hot Chili Peppers were originally scheduled to perform before they announced they were dropping out. Machine Gun Kelly and Dan + Shay have since been added to the lineup.
•••• Performances also include Megan Thee Stallion, Latto, Rauw Alejandro and Burna Boy as well as this year's Icon Award recipient, Mary J. Blige. Blige marks her eleventh Billboard Music Award, following a 1995 album of the year win for My Life and nine trophies -- including female R&B/hip-hop artist of the year and Hot 100 airplay song of the year for "Be Without You."
•••The Billboard Icon Award was established in 2011, and Blige follows previous A-list recipients Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Cher, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Garth Brooks and Pink. 
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• 115- Billboard Music Award Winners - 2022
©	Billboard Music Awards	®	Billboard Music Awards	®
	TOP ARTIST: Doja Cat Drake Olivia Rodrigo Taylor Swift The Weeknd TOP MALE ARTIST: |Drake Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Lil Nas X The Weeknd		TOP NEW ARTIST: Giveon Masked Wolf Olivia Rodrigo Pooh Shiesty The Kid LAROI  TOP FEMALE ARTIST: Adele Doja Cat Dua Lipa Olivia Rodrigo Taylor Swift

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• 115- Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra wins 2022 Eurovision song contest
TURIN, Italy -- Before the final on Saturday, several bookmakers had said that Ukraine was by far the presumptive favorite to win. Winners are determined based on votes from national juries and viewers at home. Kalush Orchestra had been considered a favorite, traveling with special permission to bypass a martial law preventing most Ukrainian men from leaving the country.
•••• The Ukrainian rap and folk band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, as European viewers and juries delivered a symbolic, pop culture endorsement of solidarity behind Ukraine in its defense against Russia's invasion.
•••• The band won an emotional victory for Ukraine with a performance of "Stefania," a rousing, anthemic song. Written to honor the mother of the group's frontman, Oleh Psiuk, the song has been reinterpreted during the war as a tribute to Ukraine as a motherland.
•••• The lines to the band's song Stefania "I will always walk to you by broken roads" have become interpreted in context of the country's current plight.
••••After Psiuk performed the song on Saturday night, he put his hand to his heart and shouted, "I ask for all of you, please help Ukraine!" Europe's voters listened, giving the band 631 votes to win, far ahead of Sam Ryder of Britain, who took second place with 466 votes.
•••• Eurovision, the world's largest and possibly most eccentric live music competition, is best known for its over-the-top performances and its star-making potential -- it helped launch acts like Abba and Celine Dion to international fame. But as a showcase meant to promote European unity and cultural exchange, it has never truly been separate from politics. The song contest is officially apolitical, ever since its inception in 1956 and the contests rules forbid contestants from making political statements at the event. However, in the past artists have offered surprises by slipping political lyrics into their songs.
•••• This year sees politics playing a more apparent role, with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announcing back in February that Russia would be banned from the competition, following its invasion of Ukraine.
•••• Carlo Fuortes, chief executive of the national broadcaster RAI, which hosted the events, said he had sensed that Ukraine would be a favorite. "It could be that all European citizens might think of giving a political signal through a vote to Ukraine," he said in an interview earlier this month. "And I think that it could be a right signal."
•••• The band's victory over 39 other national acts illustrated how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has unified Europe, inspiring a wave of weapons and aid deliveries for Ukraine, pushing countries like Sweden and Finland closer to NATO and bringing the European Union to the verge of cutting itself off from Russian energy.
•••• UK's Sam Ryder with Spaceman came in runner up. He was seen as second favorite to win and stop the "no one votes for UK" and more than a decade low scores, most likely caused by of UK's political isolation around the years of Brexit or the country's decision to quit the EU. Sam Ryder has more than 12 million followers on TikTok, so he already enjoys a higher profile and bigger fanbase across Europe than many previous UK entries. Chanel with SloMo garnered 3d place for Spain; and Kornelia Jacobs with Hold Me Closer got 4th place for Sweden.
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